Jan. 6 committee wants Alex Jones' text messages, lawyer for parents of Sandy Hook victim says

Washington — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol is seeking text messages from Alex Jones, the far-right broadcaster and conspiracy theorist, a lawyer representing a pair of parents who are suing him over false statements about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting confirmed in court Thursday.

Mark Bankston, the attorney representing the parents of Jesse Lewis, a student who was killed in the massacre, told Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, who is presiding over the trial in Austin, Texas, that he is "under request from various federal agencies and law enforcement" to provide the records.

"Absent a ruling from you saying, 'You cannot do that, Mr. Bankston,' I intend to do so immediately," he said.