DOJ implicates Alex Jones in potential 'abuse of the bankruptcy system' just before court hearing

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I have read both the DOJ Trustee filing and the filing by the CT. Plaintiffs. I have not seen the filing by the Texas plaintiffs represented by Juanita Jean's son. Jones is trying to pull a fast one and is being called out.

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The United States Department of Justice issued a warning on Thursday that InfoWars founder Alex Jones's emergency bankruptcy filing is potentially an "abuse of the bankruptcy system."

As reported by the New York Times' Elizabeth Williamson, a regional DOJ trustee in Texas has filed an objection to Jones's bankruptcy declaration, which it claims may be a sham to avoid paying financial compensation to the families of children who were murdered at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 and whom Jones falsely accused of being "crisis actors."

According to Williamson, the DOJ is asking "why aren't Jones and his company, both defendants in Sandy Hook defamation suits, named as debtors," while also pointing out that Jones asked the bankruptcy court to "approve a paltry 'litigation settlement trust' without any input by the families, nor any view of his finances."

The filing comes one day before Jones's bankruptcy case is scheduled to be heard in court.

Chapter 5 is a recent addition to the bankruptcy code and Jones is trying to pull a fast one

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1. Justice Department, Sandy Hook families question Infowars bankruptcy

This will be fun to watch

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The Justice Department and attorneys for families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting are questioning the legitimacy of attempts by right-wing talk show host Alex Jones to put several businesses in his media empire into bankruptcy just as a trial was set to open in Texas, where he faced the possibility of being ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages.,,,

The Justice Department’s Office of the U.S. Trustee told Judge Christopher Lopez the structure of Jones’ filing “may demonstrate these cases are an abuse of the bankruptcy system.” The government submission questioned why Jones had not filed for personal bankruptcy and why another business he controls, Free Speech Systems, was not included in the filings earlier this week.

“Why didn’t Alex Jones or FSS file for bankruptcy relief when Debtors did? They are both defendants in the same litigation as Debtors, and all of them have been found liable in those cases,” attorneys Jayson Ruff and Ha Nguyen wrote for the Justice Department unit. “It appears that Jones intends to leverage the bankruptcy filings of his holding companies to extend the automatic stays of pending litigation against Debtors to him and FSS, while he maintains full control of FSS and its assets going forward. Thus, this Motion … seems to be just the first step for Debtors to carry out Jones’s and FSS’s scheme of avoiding the burdens of bankruptcy while reaping its benefits.”

Lawyers for the Sandy Hook families made similar arguments that Jones is making an “illegitimate” attempt to dodge or delay the financial consequences of his false claims about the 2012 attack.

“What Jones and his affiliates want to avoid is the wisdom of juries that would have liquidated his liability and the liability of his affiliates,” the families’ attorneys wrote.

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2. duh

they already know he transferred all the assets into offshore accounts. knew he was going to lose the lawsuit (didn't even mount a defense), so he sent the money away and then declared bankruptcy.

lock him up!!!!!!!!!!! this is now a money laundering criminal matter

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3. This is from the DOJ trustee motion

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