Alex Jones lawyer takes the Fifth during Sandy Hook hearing

There is a city in Connecticut. The lawyer for Alex Jones invoked his right against self-incrimination during a civil court hearing in Connecticut over the possible improper disclosure of confidential medical records of relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.

During the hearing on whether he should be disciplined for giving the confidential records to unauthorized persons, the New Haven attorney refused to answer questions because of his Fifth Amendment rights. He denied that he had done anything wrong. The judge did not make a decision.

Sandy Hook families filed a lawsuit against Jones after he called the Sandy Hook shooting a hoax. A jury trial over how much Jones should pay is scheduled to begin next month.

Bellis said it was odd for a lawyer to invoke the Fifth Amendment during the hearing.

One of Jones's Texas-based lawyers testified before Bellis on Thursday as he faces possible discipline over the records disclosure. When he heard about the disclosure, he was surprised.

He said it was the worst day of his life.

Jones and his internet show are based in Austin, Texas, where a trial was held over his claims that the school shooting was a hoax. A jury awarded nearly $50 million in damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the massacre. The verdicts will be appealed by Jones.

A third lawyer for Jones who represented his companies in a bankruptcy case received a large number of records from the Connecticut defamation case. The records were given to the attorney who represented the Sandy Hook parents in the Texas trial.

Lawyers for the Sandy Hook families in Connecticut gave the documents to Pattis. There is not a clear picture of what the documents contained. Lawyers associated with the case have said that there were some folders with titles that may have contained confidential medical records.

Texts from Jones' cellphone were included in the records. Mark Bankston, the lawyer for the Sandy Hook parents, revealed during the Texas trial that he had been sent the wrong records. He didn't look at the records before he sent them.

Bankston is said to have sent Jones' phone records to the U.S. House committee. Jones was accused by the chairman of helping to organize a rally near the Capitol.