Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Alex Jones sent them child porn

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BRIDGEPORT — Conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host Alex Jones sent child pornography to the lawyers for the families of the Sandy Hook tragedy, their lawyers said.

The law firm representing the families of the 2012 mass shooting stated in court documents filed Monday they have contacted the FBI after discovering child porn in electronic files Jones recently turned over to the Sandy Hook families as a result of their lawsuit against him for calling the tragedy a hoax.

Jones publicly responded on a broadcast of his show that he is being framed by Chris Mattei, the lawyer for the Sandy Hook families and went on making what Mattei and his law firm, Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder claim are threats against them.

“You’re trying to set me up with child porn, I’ll get your ass,” Jones states on the broadcast. “One million dollars, you little gang members. One million dollars to put your head on a pike.” Jones then pounds a photograph of Mattei and goes into a rant at one point stating, “I’m gonna kill …”

Jones’ lawyer, Norman Pattis, denied his client was threatening Mattei or the Sandy Hook families and urged people to watch the broadcast for themselves.

“Mr. Jones was upset, he did not threaten Mr. Mattei,” Pattis said. “He spoke in a compassionate fashion.”

Pattis filed a motion on Monday, requesting the lawsuits against his clients to be temporarily halted while an investigation is conducted.

“The plaintiffs’ allegations have raised serious issues concerning conflicts of interest in this case between the Jones defendants and undersigned counsel,” Pattis wrote in the motion.

Pattis said the “issues must be addressed before the above captioned cases proceed any further, in order to protect the interests of all parties involved.”

Meanwhile, lawyers for the Sandy Hook families also filed a motion on Monday, asking the court to take immediate action against Jones.

“This court has an obligation to protect the attorneys, parties and the judicial process,” they state.

A hearing has been scheduled before state Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis on Tuesday.

Jones’ lawyers had previously been ordered to turn over vast amounts of electronically stored data on Jones’ business operations.

Court documents stated that the Sandy Hook lawyers had begun reviewing the electronic files that Jones had turned over when they found child pornography in the files. They immediately contacted the FBI.

“The FBI advised counsel that its review located numerous additional illegal images, which had apparently been sent to InfoWars email addresses,” they stated.