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Judge orders conspiracy extremist to turn over records to Sandy Hook families in defamation case
NEWTOWN - A conspiracy extremist being sued for defamation by Sandy Hook families was ordered by a judge on Friday to turn over marketing and business records from his Infowars internet program.
Alex Jones, the Texas-based talk show host, was sued in May by an FBI agent and seven families who lost loved ones in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, claiming he "developed, amplified and perpetuated claims that the Sandy Hook massacre was staged and that the 26 families who lost loves ones that day are paid actors who faked their relatives' deaths."
On Friday, an attorney for the families…
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