NEW YORK — Alex Jones has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to Sandy Hook parents, a jury ordered Thursday.
The conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder was successfully sued by the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre after he claimed that the shooting -- where 20 children and six adults were killed -- was a hoax, a claim he said he now thinks is"100% real.
"I've been asked to turn them over. I certainly intend to do that unless you tell me not to," Mark Bankston told the judge, saying he's been asked by the Jan. 6 committee to turn them over. A source familiar with the matter also told ABC News that the committee and Bankston have been in touch about receiving the messages.Bankston revealed Wednesday that Jones' lawyers mistakenly sent him two years' worth of text messages.
Bankston referenced"intimate messages with Roger Stone" that he said were not"confidential" or"trade secrets." He said that"various federal agencies and law enforcement" contacted him about the information.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.Listen
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