Trump Still Hasn't Responded to Newtown's Letter: Reports

NEWTOWN, CT — The Newtown Board of Education has yet to receive any response from a letter sent to the White House in February asking President Donald Trump to denounce those who believe the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting was a hoax, reports the Hartford Courant.

School Board Chairman Keith Alexander told the Courant that the board has yet to receive a response from the White House to the letter that was sent on Feb. 20. The letter specifically targeted Infowars radio host Alex Jones, who strongly argues that the events of 12/14 were manufactured.

"We are asking you to intervene to try to stop [Alex] Jones and other hoaxers like him," the board of education wrote in the Feb. 20 letter according to the Hartford Courant. "We are asking you to acknowledge the tragedy from 12/14/12 and to denounce anyone spreading lies and conspiracy theories about the tragedy on that December morning."

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However, White House Director of Media Affairs Helen Aguirre Ferre responded to a question regarding the letter by the Columbia Journalism Review.

“President Trump has been quite clear that we, as a nation, are united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms," Ferre said to the CJR. The publication reports she did not respond to follow-up questions about Trump's beliefs specifically.

The letter cites Jones' claims that Trump called him after his victory in November, as well as his relationship with the current president. The letter asks Trump to denounce all conspiracy theorists, not just Jones.

Those who believe the events of 12/14 did not happen have continued to make the news in recent weeks. Lucy Richards, a woman accused of sending death threats to the father of a victim who was killed in the tragedy, refused to attend a change-of-plea hearing and was arrested on a warrant Tuesday.

A New York man was arrested in November 2015 after he allegedly harassed the sister of slain teacher Vicki Soto at a benefit race held in her honor. The man, Matthew Mills, was accused of shoving a picture of Soto in her sister’s face and claiming she never existed.

Richards' arrest came just days after a Florida Atlantic University professor was terminated by the school because of his alleged conspiracy theories about the events of 12/14.

Read more from the Hartford Courant and the Columbia Journalism Review.

Image: President Donald Trump in a speech to troops at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL, on Feb. 6, 2017. (Susan Walsh, File/Associated Press)