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False. While under oath on August 3, 2022, Alex Jones acknowledged that the Sandy Hook attack was "100 percent real" and that it was "absolutely irresponsible" for him to call it a hoax. https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115414563/alex-jones-sandy-hook-case#:~:text=Especially%20since%20I%27ve%20met%20the%20parents.%20It%27s%20100%25%20real%2C%22%20Jones%20said https://apnews.com/article/health-us-news-shootings-texas-lawsuits-d029d6736d2ce6755c9e89e7cf9f27af https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62415376 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/03/30/infowars-host-alex-jones-blames-psychosis-sandy-hook-claims/3318972002/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-jones-trial-testimony-sandy-hook-massacre-100-percent-real/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-concedes-sandy-hook-attack-was-100-percent-real https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/3/conspiracist-alex-jones-admits-falsehood-of-school-shooting-claim https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-0c3576e3c4bd853ac2cc5342118fca8c#:~:text=Testifying%20in%20the%20Texas%20case%2C%20Jones%20acknowledged%20in%202022%20that%20the%20shooting%20was%20%E2%80%9C100%20percent%20real%E2%80%9D%20and%20that%20it%20was%20%E2%80%9Cabsolutely%20irresponsible%E2%80%9D%20to%20call%20it%20a%20hoax https://www.thedailybeast.com/infowars-alex-jones-admits-sandy-hook-school-shooting-was-100-percent-real-during-testimony/ https://www.news10.com/news/national/ap-what-we-know-about-the-fight-between-conspiracist-alex-jones-and-sandy-hook-families-over-his-assets/#:~:text=Testifying%20in%20the%20Texas%20case%2C%20Jones%20acknowledged%20in%202022%20that%20the%20shooting%20was%20%E2%80%9C100%20percent%20real%E2%80%9D%20and%20that%20it%20was%20%E2%80%9Cabsolutely%20irresponsible%E2%80%9D%20to%20call%20it%20a%20hoax https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3587207-alex-jones-attorney-messed-up-and-sent-two-years-of-texts-to-sandy-hook-parents-lawyers/#:~:text=He%20said%20that%20meeting%20the%20victims%E2%80%99%20parents%2C%20whom%20he%20previously%20called%20%E2%80%9Ccrisis%20actors%2C%E2%80%9D%20changed%20his%20mind.%20%E2%80%9CIt%E2%80%99s%20100%20percent%20real%2C%E2%80%9D%20Jones%20said%2C%20according%20to%20The%20Associated%20Press https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-left-mass-shootings-midterms-1737896#:~:text=for%20the%20first%20time%20in%20years%2C%20Jones%20admitted%20that%20the%20Sandy%20Hook%20school%20shooting%20was%20%22100%20percent%20real Video of Alex Jones's admission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOQeCtFVAWM https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-admits-sandy-hook-massacre-was-100-real-145428037989 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NdUiTOnNrY https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/its-100-percent-real-alex-jones-admits-reality-of-sandy-hook/3039312/

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