Cryogenic Freezing, Guns, Cufflinks: What Alex Jones Bought With His InfoWars Fortune
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has used his InfoWars fortune to amass a bizarre collection of items—including a $4,000 cryogenic-freezing chamber and more than $100,000 in guns.
The new revelations about Jones’ personal wealth, which also includes roughly $54,000 in watches and cufflinks, and a fleet of three boats valued at more than $100,000, came in a Thursday filing in a Texas bankruptcy court.
Jones and InfoWars’ parent company both filed for bankruptcy last year, as they face more than $1 billion in court judgments won by the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, after Jones falsely claimed the shooting was staged.
But while the filing offers a glimpse into how Jones spent the millions of dollars he earned by pushing conspiracy theories, it’s not clear that it presents an accurate portrait of his wealth. Thursday’s filing came after a judge required Jones to submit more accurate financials, revealing $4.8 million in undisclosed assets for a total wealth of $14.7 million.
And while Jones enjoys a wealthy lifestyle through InfoWars, the disclosures don’t explain how Jones could have comparatively few assets when compared to his even larger InfoWars salary. In 2019, for example, Jones reported $36 million on his tax filing. That number grew in 2021 and 2022, with Jones reporting roughly $38 million in income each of those years. In his new filing, Jones claims that he doesn’t own any stocks or bonds, and has just a little more than $200,000 in bank accounts.
Jones and his legal team flouted courtroom procedure during the Sandy Hook trials, and he’s facing similar accusations in the bankruptcy cases. On Monday, the judge handling the bankruptcy of InfoWars’ parent company said he was “troubled” to learn that Jones had diverted $157,000 meant for InfoWars to himself instead, a move that could help him shield assets from the mammoth Sandy Hook judgment.
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