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A bankruptcy judge has blocked a winning bid from satire outlet The Onion for Alex Jones’ InfoWars media platform, citing concerns with the auction process that prevented additional bids.
“I’m going to not approve the sale to the purchaser. I think there’s a great lack of clarity here,” Judge Christopher Lopez, a bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of Texas, said in his ruling on Tuesday. In reference to the auction process, the judge said it was “well intended,” but “simply did not maximize value in any way based upon the record before me.”
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On November 14, The Onion had emerged as the winning bidder over a company affiliated with Jones, whose platform was placed for sale as part of the astronomical $1.5 billion defamation penalty levied against him for questioning the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting back in 2012. Jones claimed that the parents of murdered children were “crisis actors,” a claim he has since retracted and apologized for, leading to a years-long civil case that accused him of causing “emotional distress” to the families.
The Onion’s bid was backed by the…
