Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion’s auction bid on Infowars
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas is being asked to disqualify a winning bid made by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars.
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We’re all going to an evidentiary hearing and I’m going to figure out exactly what happened,” Judge Christopher Lopez said.
What happens next in The Onion’s effort to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars
The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers complained about how an auction was conducted. The satirical news outlet was announced as the winning bidder on Thursday in an auction that is part of Jones’ personal bankruptcy.
Judge Puts Infowars Purchase By ‘The Onion’ on Hold
Bankruptcy judge Christopher Lopez said he had problems with the auction process, in which bids were submitted secretly.
The Onion's purchase of Infowars under review after Alex Jones and his lawyers complain
The Onion's winning bid for Alex Jones's Infowars platform is under review by a U.S. federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers complained about how an auction was conducted.
Bankruptcy judge could pump the brakes on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars
The bankruptcy judge overseeing the auction of Alex Jones’s InfoWars has raised concerns over the process by which satirical publication The Onion won the bid for the conspiracy theorist’s website and related properties,
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