Overview

• In a Sept. 15 letter, Ed Martin asked attorney Christopher Mattei for details about retired FBI Special Agent William Aldenberg, an early Sandy Hook responder who testified in the 2022 trial.
• Martin’s questions focused on potential financial benefit, whether Aldenberg testified in a personal capacity, any recusals from related work, and possible ties to PR firm Berlin Rosen and so‑called “newsjacking.”
• Although the letter requested confidentiality, Jones posted it on X and shared a photo showing him with Martin taken days before the letter was sent.
• Mattei criticized the request as harassment of the Sandy Hook families; the Justice Department did not provide immediate comment and no criminal charges have been announced.
• The development comes as the families press to liquidate Jones’ assets to satisfy large judgments and as Jones pursues appeals, including a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.