Alex Jones’ Infowars to shut down in plan by bankruptcy trustee

In his filing, Mr Murray asked a judge to put a pause on Sandy Hook families’ efforts to collect their payments from Mr Jones, as he argued that would interfere with the process to sell off his Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems.

He did so after Sandy Hook parents sought to seize money from Free Speech Systems, a move that Mr Murray said would “throw the business into chaos”.

“The Trustee seeks this Court’s intervention to prevent a value-destructive money grab and allow an orderly process to take its course,” he wrote in the filing.

The BBC has contacted Mr Jones and a lawyer for the Sandy Hook families for comment.

Mr Jones has previously said Infowars would only continue its broadcasts for a few months.

“I’m going to try to move forward and maximize the amount of money we can make at Infowars to then have a wind-down,” Mr Jones said outside the courthouse after a previous bankruptcy hearing, according to CNN.

For years, Mr Jones, 50, falsely claimed the Sandy Hook attack was “staged” in an elaborate conspiracy to limit gun rights.

The false theories led to harassment and death threats for victims’ families.