Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook defamation trial set to begin in Texas

FILE – Infowars host Alex Jones speaks outside of the Dirksen building on Capitol Hill, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. Jones was defiant and cited free speech rights during a deposition in April, as part of a lawsuit by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who are suing him for calling the massacre a hoax, according to court documents released Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Jury selection began on Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in US history was a hoax.

The trial in Austin, Texas — where the conspiracy theorist lives and broadcasts his show — follows months of delays.