Alex Jones is an American far-right radio show host and conspiracy theorist known for The Alex Jones Show, InfoWars, and Banned.Video. These platforms disseminate conspiracy theories and fake news. His show was previously syndicated across the US via Genesis Communications Network. He is based in Austin, Texas.
In 1982, the Georgia Guidestones, a 19-foot-high megalithic granite monument installed in Elberton, became an attraction that drew 20,000 annual visitors. The Jones film Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement features them.
In 1998, Alex Jones was removed from a George W. Bush rally at Bayport Industrial District, Texas. Jones interrupted Governor Bush's speech, demanding that the Federal Reserve and Council on Foreign Relations be abolished.
On July 15, 2000, Alex Jones infiltrated the Bohemian Grove Cremation of Care, which he called "a ritualistic shedding of conscience and empathy" and an "abuse of power".
In early 2000, Alex Jones was one of seven Republican candidates for state representative in Texas House District 48, an open swing district based in Austin, Texas. Jones withdrew from the race after a couple of weeks.
On June 8, 2006, Alex Jones was stopped and detained at the Ottawa airport by Canadian authorities while on his way to cover a meeting of the Bilderberg Group in Ottawa. They confiscated his passport, camera equipment, and most of his belongings. He was later allowed to enter Canada legally.
On September 8, 2007, Alex Jones was arrested while protesting at 6th Avenue and 48th Street in New York City, when his group crashed a live television show featuring Geraldo Rivera. He was charged with operating a megaphone without a permit, and two other persons were also cited for disorderly conduct.
In 2008, Alex Jones was recorded in an audioclip berating his then wife. The clip was later obtained by the Daily Mail in 2023, leading to further allegations of racism against Jones.
In 2009, Alex Jones claimed that a convicted con man's scheme to take over a long-vacant, would-be for-profit prison in Hardin, Montana, was part of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) plot to detain US citizens in concentration camps.
In 2010, Alex Jones claimed that the increase in gay people was due to a "chemical warfare operation" by the government, who he alleged were encouraging homosexuality with chemicals to prevent people from having children.
In 2010, Alex Jones produced and directed Police State 4: The Rise of FEMA, a film he claimed "conclusively proves the existence of a secret network of FEMA camps" and that "The military-industrial complex is transforming our once free nation into a giant prison camp".
In 2011, Alex Jones was in a "media crossfire", which included criticism by Rush Limbaugh, when the news spread that Jared Lee Loughner, the perpetrator of the 2011 Tucson shooting, had been "a fan" of the 9/11 conspiracy film Loose Change of which Jones had been an executive producer.
In 2012, Alex Jones linked to a story titled "List of All FEMA Concentration Camps in America Revealed" from the German UFO conspiracy website Disclose.tv.
Since 2012, Alex Jones has repeatedly spread disproven conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, including claiming it was a "false flag" operation, that "no one died", and that the incident was "staged" and "completely fake with actors".
In January 2013, Alex Jones was invited to speak on Piers Morgan's CNN show after Jones promoted an online petition to deport Morgan for supporting gun control. In the ensuing debate with Morgan, Jones stated that "1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms".
On June 9, 2013, Alex Jones appeared as a guest on the BBC's Sunday Politics, discussing conspiracy theories about the Bilderberg Group. Presenter Andrew Neil ended the interview, describing Jones as "an idiot" and "the worst person I've ever interviewed".
In a November 2013 interview with New York magazine, Alex Jones said mass shootings in the United States "were very, very suspicious, but at minimum, the tragic events were used to try to create guilt on the part of the average gun owner. So via the guilt trip, they would accept their individual liberties curtailed".
In a 2013 interview, Alex Jones blamed "globalists" for encouraging the breakdown of the family through same-sex marriage, claiming it was a means to "get rid of God". He asserted that they were undermining the traditional, unified program of marriage.
In March 2015, Alex Jones and Kelly Jones (née Nichols) finalized their divorce.
On December 2, 2015, Donald Trump, then a presidential candidate, appeared on The Alex Jones Show. Trump praised Jones's reputation and assured him he would not be let down. During the broadcast, Jones compared Trump to George Washington.
In 2015, Alex Jones ran a campaign attacking former president Bill Clinton as a rapist. InfoWars began selling T-shirts with the slogan "Hillary for Prison".
During his 2016 presidential campaign, in August 2016, Donald Trump linked to InfoWars articles via his Twitter account as sources for his claim "thousands and thousands" of Muslims celebrated 9/11 and the false assertion California was not suffering from a drought.
In 2016, Roger Stone made multiple appearances on Alex Jones's program during Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Trump's appearance in 2015 and Stone's appearances were arranged by Roger Stone.
In February 2017, James Alefantis, owner of Comet Ping Pong pizzeria, sent Alex Jones a letter demanding an apology and retraction of his advocacy for the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, giving him one month to comply or face a libel suit.
In March 2017, Alex Jones apologized to James Alefantis and retracted his allegations regarding the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
In April 2017, Alex Jones was criticized for claiming that the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack was a hoax and a false flag operation. Jones stated that the attack was potentially carried out by the civil defense group White Helmets, which he alleged was an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist front financed by George Soros.
In April 2017, the Chobani yogurt company sued Alex Jones over his allegations that their Idaho plant was involved in several tuberculosis cases, and a sexual assault taking place the year prior.
In May 2017, Alex Jones issued an apology and retraction of his allegations against Chobani yogurt company due to the lawsuit filed against him in April 2017.
On June 16, 2017, Vox covered Alex Jones's claim that the introduction of the Sesame Street character Julia, an autistic Muppet, was "designed to normalize autism, a disorder caused by vaccines".
On November 20, 2017, The New Yorker quoted Alex Jones as claiming InfoWars was "defending people's right to not be forcibly infected with vaccines".
Alex Jones's comments sparked from the Unite the Right rally in 2017.
During Alex Jones's 2017 custody trial, Dr. Alissa Sherry testified that he had been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder.
In 2017, Alex Jones married Erika Wulff; they have one child.
In 2017, Kelly Jones sought sole or joint custody of their children, citing Alex Jones's behavior and concerns about his stability. She alleged he was engaged in felonious behavior and threatened a member of Congress. Alex Jones's attorney claimed he was "playing a character," describing him as a "performance artist."
In March 2018, Brennan Gilmore filed a lawsuit against Alex Jones and six others after Jones claimed Gilmore was part of a false flag operation related to the 2017 Unite the Right rally. Gilmore alleged he received death threats from Jones's audience.
On April 2, 2018, Marcel Fontaine sued Alex Jones after InfoWars falsely identified him as the gunman in a mass shooting and posted his photos on the InfoWars website. Fontaine's lawsuit was the first one against Jones involving defamatory statements about mass school shootings.
In April 2018, Alex Jones publicly criticized Donald Trump during a livestream after Trump announced a military strike against Syria.
On April 16, 2018, Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, parents of Sandy Hook victim Noah Pozner, filed a defamation suit against Alex Jones, Infowars, and Free Speech Systems in Travis County, Texas. Jones accused Pozner of being a crisis actor.
In May 2018, Right Wing Watch reported that Alex Jones had ceased to support QAnon, declaring the source "completely compromised."
On June 26, 2018, seven families of victims and an FBI agent filed a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut Superior Court against Alex Jones, Infowars, Free Speech Systems, Infowars Health, and others for spreading false claims, resulting in harassment, stalking, and threats to the plaintiffs.
On August 6, 2018, Facebook, Apple, YouTube, and Spotify removed all content by Alex Jones and InfoWars for policy violations. YouTube removed channels associated with InfoWars, including The Alex Jones Channel. Facebook removed four pages associated with InfoWars and Alex Jones. Apple removed all podcasts associated with Jones from iTunes. Facebook cited instances of dehumanizing immigrants, Muslims, and transgender people, as well as glorification of violence, as examples of hate speech.
On August 13, 2018, Vimeo removed all of Alex Jones's videos because of "prohibitions on discriminatory and hateful content".
In August 2018, Alex Jones had his account suspended for a week by Twitter after he tweeted a Periscope video calling on others to get their "battle rifles" ready against antifa, the mainstream media, and Chicom operatives. Twitter cited this as the reason to suspend his account.
In 2018, Alex Jones threatened to confront drag performers with torches, likening the situation to "the villagers in the night."
In January 2019, Alex Jones expressed displeasure over his relationship with Donald Trump, stating "I wish I never would have fucking met Trump ... I'm so sick of fucking Donald Trump, man. God, I'm fucking sick of him". The leaked interview was released in March 2021.
In January 2019, Roku initially indicated that InfoWars was not in violation of its policies. Following a social media backlash, Roku removed InfoWars stating, "After the InfoWars channel became available, we heard from concerned parties and have determined that the channel should be removed from our platform".
In February 2019, the plaintiffs in the defamation case against Alex Jones won a series of court rulings that required Jones to testify under oath.
In March 2019, during a deposition, Alex Jones acknowledged the Sandy Hook deaths were real, claiming he had "almost like a form of psychosis" where he "basically thought everything was staged".
On March 25, 2019, Jeremy Richman, one of the plaintiffs in the Sandy Hook defamation case whose daughter Avielle was killed, committed suicide. Alex Jones offered condolences but later suggested Richman was murdered and his death was related to the Mueller investigation.
In April 2019, Alex Jones briefly moved to Dlive, but was suspended for violating community guidelines.
In December 2019, Alex Jones and Infowars were fined a total of $126,000 for contempt of court due to failure to produce witnesses and materials relevant to the procedures in the Sandy Hook defamation case.
In 2019, Alex Jones allegedly spied on Erika Wulff. He instructed his security employee to monitor Wulff, expressing concerns about her fidelity. This was later reported by Rolling Stone in September 2022 and corroborated by the SPLC in February 2023.
In April 2020, a state district judge denied Kelly Jones' emergency motion to secure custody of their daughters for two weeks after Alex Jones led a rally at the Capitol, where he called COVID-19 a hoax.
In October 2020, comedian Joe Rogan attracted controversy for hosting Alex Jones on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. The episode was made available on YouTube and Spotify despite Jones's ban from both platforms, sparking backlash for giving Jones a platform to spread misinformation.
In 2020, Alex Jones supported Donald Trump during his re-election campaign and called for demonstrations to be held on the premise the election had been "rigged" against Trump.
On January 22, 2021, the Texas Supreme Court threw out an appeal for dismissal by Alex Jones of four defamation lawsuits from families of Sandy Hook victims, allowing the lawsuits to continue.
In February 2021, The Washington Post reported that the FBI was investigating any role Alex Jones might have played in influencing the participation of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in the incursion.
In March 2021, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a leaked interview from January 2019 of Alex Jones expressing displeasure over his relationship with Donald Trump, where he stated, "I wish I never would have fucking met Trump ... I'm so sick of fucking Donald Trump, man. God, I'm fucking sick of him."
On April 5, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear an appeal by Alex Jones against a court sanction in the Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit.
In August 2021, after Donald Trump recommended that people choose to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Alex Jones said that Trump was either lying or "not that bright" and "a dumbass".
On September 27, 2021, a district judge in Texas issued three default judgments against Alex Jones, requiring him to pay all damages in two lawsuits. These rulings came after Jones repeatedly failed to hand over documents and evidence as ordered by the court.
On November 15, 2021, the judge found Alex Jones liable by default for defamation due to "willful non-compliance" in failing to turn over documents to the families in accordance with court orders.
On November 22, 2021, the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack subpoenaed Alex Jones for testimony and documents.
In 2021, Alex Jones partially funded and raised funds to finance the January 6 Trump rally in Washington, D.C., that preceded the 2021 United States Capitol attack. He assisted in raising at least $650,000 from Julie Fancelli, a Publix grocery chain heiress who is a follower of InfoWars, to finance Trump's rally on the Ellipse.
On January 24, 2022, Alex Jones had a virtual meeting with the House Select Committee by video link and, by his legal team's estimate, pleaded the Fifth Amendment 100 times, instructed by his counsel.
In March 2022, Brennan Gilmore secured an admission of liability from Alex Jones regarding the lawsuit filed over claims related to the 2017 Unite the Right rally.
On March 29, 2022, Alex Jones offered a settlement of $120,000 to each of the thirteen people involved in the Sandy Hook defamation lawsuits, but the offer was quickly rejected.
On April 6, 2022, some of the Sandy Hook families filed a lawsuit in Austin, Texas, accusing Alex Jones of hiding millions of dollars in assets after he began being sued for defamation. The lawsuit alleges Jones "conspired to divert his assets to shell companies owned by insiders like his parents, his children, and himself".
In April 2022, Alex Jones denied Russian war crimes by accusing the Ukrainians of staging the Bucha massacre.
On April 17, 2022, three companies owned by Alex Jones—InfoW, Prison Planet TV, and IWHealth (Infowars Health)—filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, suspending further civil litigation claims in the Sandy Hook defamation cases.
On May 14, 2022, Marcel Fontaine, who sued Alex Jones for defamation, died in an apartment building fire in Worcester, Massachusetts.
During an episode of his show InfoWars on May 24, 2022, Alex Jones commented about the Robb Elementary School shooting: "I would predict a lot of mass shootings right before elections and like clockwork, it is happening. To me, it is just very opportunistic what is happening".
On June 2, 2022, Alex Jones's attorneys requested to withdraw from the case, marking the thirteenth time in four years that his attorneys had sought replacement or withdrawal. The judge ordered them to continue representing Jones until a ruling on the motion was made on June 15.
On June 10, 2022, a federal judge in Texas dismissed the bankruptcy protection case for three of Alex Jones's companies after Jones and the Sandy Hook families agreed to drop the companies from the defamation lawsuits.
On July 7, 2022, the day the Georgia Guidestones were dynamited, Alex Jones's guest U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said ecumenical texts inscribed on it represented a nefarious future of "population control" as envisioned by the "hard left". Jones admitted to enjoying the destruction.
On July 25, 2022, the jury trial began in Texas, with the plaintiffs' attorney announcing they would seek $150 million from the jury.
On July 29, 2022, Free Speech Systems, LLC, the parent company of InfoWars, filed for bankruptcy.
On August 4, 2022, the jury ordered Alex Jones to pay Heslin and Lewis $4.1 million in compensatory damages.
On August 5, 2022, during a defamation trial in Texas brought by Sandy Hook school shooting parents against Alex Jones, a lawyer for the plaintiffs revealed that Jones's lawyer had inadvertently sent him two years of texts from Jones's phone.
In September 2022, a Rolling Stone story reported that Alex Jones may have spied on Erika Wulff in 2019.
On October 12, 2022, the jury awarded $965 million to be shared by 15 plaintiffs (eight families and one first responder) in the Sandy Hook defamation case against Alex Jones. The plaintiffs testified they had been threatened and harassed for years due to Jones's falsehoods. Jones reacted live on his show, mocking the verdict and asking viewers to donate for an "appeal."
On November 10, 2022, the judge awarded the Sandy Hook plaintiffs a further $473 million in punitive damages in the form of lawyers' fees in the case against Alex Jones, bringing the total to over $1.4 billion. The judge also issued an order preventing Jones from moving assets out of the United States.
In November 2022, after Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, several previously banned accounts were reinstated, but Alex Jones was not among them. Musk referred to Jones as a person who "would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame" and said Jones would not be unbanned.
On November 22, 2022, a judge ruled that Alex Jones must pay the full amount of the punitive damages, even though this amount exceeds a cap under Texas law.
On December 22, 2022, a judge denied Alex Jones's motion for a new trial in the Sandy Hook defamation case.
In January 2023, Norm Pattis, Alex Jones's lawyer, had his law license suspended after releasing confidential discovery items including Sandy Hook plaintiffs' medical records.
In February 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reported on text messages that appeared to corroborate a September 2022 Rolling Stone story reporting that Jones may have spied on Erika Wulff in 2019.
In March 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported on Alex Jones's leaked texts from his Sandy Hook defamation trial. The texts revealed that Jones and his collaborators had been trying to evade social media bans of InfoWars content by setting up alternate websites such as National File to disguise its origin.
On April 25, 2023, Judge Gamble ordered Alex Jones's attorney, Andino Reynal, to pay $97,169 to Heslin and Lewis for his bad-faith attempts to delay the trial, with additional contingency fees based on potential appeals.
In May 2023, Alex Jones guest hosted Steven Crowder's podcast Louder with Crowder. Subsequently, Crowder's channel was suspended by YouTube for facilitating ban evasion by Jones.
On September 12, 2023, Owen Shroyer, an InfoWars co-host who accompanied Alex Jones to the capital on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to thirty days in prison for violating an active order to stay away from the Capitol grounds.
On October 19, 2023, a Texas bankruptcy judge ruled that Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying the $1.5 billion he owes to the Sandy Hook families from the Connecticut lawsuit.
In November 2023, the Sandy Hook families offered Alex Jones a settlement where he would pay $85 million over 10 years, about 6% of what he was court-ordered to pay. This offer was filed within Jones's personal bankruptcy case.
On December 10, 2023, Elon Musk changed his position and reinstated Alex Jones's Twitter account, citing that if Jones said something false, Community Notes would correct him.
In 2023, after a 2008 audioclip of Jones berating his then wife was obtained by the Daily Mail, Kelly Jones claimed that Alex Jones was "a total racist" regarding her Jewish heritage, claiming that her genes were "flawed".
In 2023, leaked texts reported by the SPLC indicated that Alex Jones privately held different views about sexuality than what he promoted on InfoWars. The texts showed Jones and his second wife expressing positive views on bisexuality.
In February 2024, Alex Jones's general unsecured creditors (mostly Sandy Hook families) voted in favor of a Chapter 11 plan that would liquidate and redistribute his assets.
On June 1, 2024, Alex Jones appeared emotional and defiant, stating on his program, "At the end of the day, we're going to beat these people. I'm not trying to be dramatic here, but it's been a hard fight. These people hate our children".
In August 2024, Alex Jones suggested he might relocate to Russia after Vladimir Putin signed a decree offering sanctuary to those who shared "traditional values."
On December 6, 2024, the Connecticut Appellate Court reduced the total Alex Jones owed to about $1.2 billion by affirming the jury's $965 million verdict but eliminating the $150 million in punitive damages.
On August 13, 2025, Texas Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ordered Infowars assets to be turned over to a state receiver to be sold to pay the families.
In September 2025, Alex Jones created a new channel on YouTube. Jones' new channel was suspended hours after creation. YouTube later stated that they had not started their program to reinstate users at that time.
On October 14, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, leaving the $1.4 billion judgment in place. This appeal was separate from his appeal in Texas of a $49 million defamation judgment also related to a Sandy Hook victim.
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