# Court slashes $50 million judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones to $1.5 million

https://mins.news/en/item/28557

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-21 15:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4xYyab0

> A Texas court reduced a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million. Jones had falsely claimed that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax.

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