Right-Wing Provocateur Alex Jones to Join Bankruptcy Mediation

Right-wing radio host Alex Jones will join his bankrupt production company in court-supervised settlement talks with families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims.

Jones has agreed to participate in the talks, his lawyer, Shelby A. Jordan, said in a federal court hearing in Houston on Wednesday.

The mediation will move forward in the coming weeks while a bankruptcy trustee investigates Jones’ bankrupt company, Free Speech Systems, and its finances, lawyers said in court.

Jones is locked in legal battles with families of the school shooting victims, who have sued him for inflammatory comments he has made about the 2012 massacre. ...