Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the $1.4 billion judgment a Connecticut jury and judge issued against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax staged by crisis actors. The Infowars host is arguing that the judge was wrong to find him liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without holding a trial on the merits of allegations lodged by relatives of victims of the shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/alex-jones-asks-supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-of-sandy-hook-judgment/507-f923732c-0688-4b62-81fa-2aa8e6aa533d