U.S. Department of Justice officials order investigation into Sandy Hook lawsuit against Alex Jones
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has ordered senior U.S. Department of Justice officials to investigate the lawsuits retiring FBI agents involved in defamation lawsuits involving Alex Jones, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Ed Martin Jr., who led the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Working Group”, “causing frustration” within the department, and Blanche instructed Martin to withdraw the letter.
Christopher Mattei, a lawyer for the Sandy Hook family, said he received a new letter from Martin on Wednesday saying there was no investigation into Aldenberg, “I withdraw my request for information locally.”
“I was pleased to learn that this so-called inquiry has been withdrawn and they met any child he could save, they met any child he could save,” Mattei said in a statement.
Martin asked in the letter whether Aldenberg had gained any financial benefit by helping organize the lawsuit, he was the plaintiff, and the victim’s family. The lawsuit filed in Connecticut led to a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones’s defamation and emotional distress.
Aldenberg, like the parents and other relatives of 20 children and six educators killed in a 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, is the subject of the false conspiracy theories Jones spreads on his “Infowars” broadcast.
Aldenberg was one of the law enforcement officers who responded to the school and found the deceased. He said this led to years of abuse because of those who thought the shooting was a scam. His share of the judgment was about $120 million.
