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DOJ Official Presses FBI Agent From Sandy Hook Case After Alex Jones Publishes Letter

The request signals a potential criminal inquiry into William Aldenberg’s trial role with a response due Sept. 29.

FILE - Attorneys Joshua Koskoff, left, and Christopher Mattei, right, representing parents, rear, of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, speak outside the Connecticut Supreme Court, Sept. 26, 2019, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Dave Collins, File)
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Overview

  • On Sept. 15, DOJ official Ed Martin asked attorney Christopher Mattei for information about FBI Special Agent William Aldenberg’s participation in the Alex Jones defamation litigation, citing laws on employees acting for personal benefit.
  • The letter asked whether Aldenberg testified in a personal capacity, disclosed any financial benefit or role in recruiting plaintiffs, recused from conflicting matters, and whether he had ties to PR firm Berlin Rosen and its claimed “newsjacking.”
  • Although Martin requested confidentiality, Alex Jones posted the letter on X and shared a photo with Martin, and it is not clear how Jones obtained the correspondence.
  • Martin set a Sept. 29 deadline for a formal response; the Justice Department did not comment, and Aldenberg’s lawyer condemned the outreach as harassment linked to Jones.
  • Aldenberg, a first responder at Sandy Hook, was awarded $90 million against Jones, and juries ordered Jones to pay $965 million overall to plaintiffs as he seeks liquidation in bankruptcy.