Infowars is jettisoning its bankruptcy case after families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims who are suing the conspiracy site’s founder, Alex Jones, withdrew from the chapter 11 process.

The outcome described in court papers filed this week is the culmination of a failed legal strategy initiated by Infowars in April that attempted to tap the power of chapter 11 to settle defamation lawsuits that Mr. Jones’s lawyers have said threaten him with financial ruin.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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