Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ families will investigate more than $10 million in donations the right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones received from fans, their lawyer told a bankruptcy judge.
David Zensky of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld made the statement Wednesday, during the first court hearing in Jones’ personal bankruptcy case. The lawyer’s comments came a day after Jones said in court papers that it’s “impossible” for him to pay more than $1 billion in defamation damages to Sandy Hook families with the less than $12 million in assets he has on hand.
Zensky said the $10 ...
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