The parent of far\u002Dright conspiracy website InfoWars filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday.
The bankruptcy filing by the InfoWars parent, Free Speech Systems LLC, would normally result in the trial and related litigation being halted. But Free Speech plans to ask a bankruptcy judge to allow the trial currently underway in Texas to continue and is seeking an emergency hearing on Monday, according to a court filing.
The entities that previously declared bankruptcy – InfoW, IW Health and Prison Planet – voluntarily ended their cases in June after the Sandy Hook families dropped them as defendants in the defamation litigation. Jones claimed the shooting, in which 20 children and six school employees were shot dead at the school in Newtown, Connecticut, was fabricated by gun-control advocates and mainstream media. Jones has since acknowledged the shooting happened.Article content