The Department of Justice retracted a letter that suggested an FBI agent who worked on the Sandy Hook school shooting case was being investigated as retribution for lawsuits against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The letter from Ed Martin, director of the DOJ's Weaponization Working Group, implied that FBI agent William Aldenberg was being scrutinized because the families of Sandy Hook victims sued Jones. Aldenberg was a plaintiff in that lawsuit.
Martin told Aldenberg's attorney that he had questions about the agent benefiting from the lawsuit. Jones first shared the letter in a Tuesday post on X.
"[T]here are criminal laws protecting the citizens from actions by government employees who may be acting for personal benefit," he wrote. "I encourage you to review those."
On Wednesday, CNN reported that Martin issued a new letter to attorney Christopher Mattei, completely withdrawing the initial letter.
According to the report, Martin said that Aldenberg was not under investigation and "because of this, I hereby withdraw my request for information from you or your former client."