The Third District Court of Appeals in Texas denied a request to delay a court-ordered payment of nearly $1 million in sanctions by right-wing radio host Alex Jones or his company before the start of a Connecticut defamation trial.

The appellate court denied a petition for writ of mandamus and a motion for temporary relief from the alt-right commentator, whom parents of the Sandy Hook, Connecticut, school shooting and a parent of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting sued over his comments.

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