The Blubber

Per Reuters

Alex Jones of Infowars, described as a conspiracy theorist, requests that he retain his $1.3 million annual salary from his website's bankrupt company. Jones' previous comments on the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting landed him a hefty fine of $1.5 billion in damages.

Jones previously stated that the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax that landed him in hot water with the victims' families. The radio host was faced with back-to-back defamation trials in Connecticut and Texas.

The radio host called the massacre of 20 students and six staff members a plot by the government to seize American's guns.

During his trial, the radio host was live streaming and even laughing while telling viewers that he didn't plan to pay. Brandy Zadrozny, an NBC News reporter, shared a clip of his reaction.

Jones: "$57 million, $20 million, $50 million,$80 million, a $100 million blah blah..."

The final verdict was that Jones was ordered to pay $1.5 billion in damages for claiming that the massacre was fake, and to this, the radio host said that he could not pay those fines.

Before the bankruptcy, Jones earned $1.3 million from Free Speech Systems before it officially went bankrupt, but since filing for bankruptcy, he has only received a biweekly salary of $20,000.

Even the Free Speech System, the now-bankrupt company, had its monthly revenue drop from $6-$7 million to just $1.9 million, with attorneys saying that its cash is only at $1.8 million left. Vickie Driver, the attorney for Jones, gave a statement.

Driver: "We've really got to get back to that level of production to make this a profitable company and try to pay back our creditors,"

While Jones asked that his salary go back to pre-bankrupt levels, this was directly opposed by the Sandy Hook families' attorney Marty Brimmage. US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, to whom the request was made to, said he was open to increasing the pay of the radio host but did not have enough evidence for a ruling.

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