A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected the sale of conspiracy platform Infowars to satirical news outlet The Onion after Alex Jones claimed a recent bankruptcy auction involved illegal collusion. did.
The Onion was named the winning bidder on November 14, beating out companies affiliated with Mr. Jones.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez's decision means Jones can remain at Infowars in Austin, Texas. The Onion had planned to oust Jones and reboot Infowars in January as a parody.
At the end of a lengthy two-day hearing in a Texas courtroom, Mr. Lopez criticized the auction process as flawed and said the outcome would be a huge loss to the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. “I left a lot of money behind.”
“We have to scratch and scratch and get everything we can for them,” Lopez said.
Lopez said that although there were problems with the auction process, there was no fraud.
