Alex Jones’ InfoWars Purchased By The Onion (Not Satire)

Yesterday, Alex Jones’ Infowars website was auctioned of as part of the $1.5 billion Sandy Hook settlement against him.

Many Alex Jones supporters, like Roger Stone, said they would do their best to win the auction and buy Infowars to keep the site going.

However, this isn’t what ended up happening.

Instead, left-wing satirical news website The Onion bought Infowars.

The move was sanctioned by the Sandy Hook families that sued Jones and done in order to shut and silence Infowars entirely.

The Onion is declining to say how much they bought the website and its associated assets, like Jones’ nutrition supplements company, for.

But, Infowars has since been shut down, with Alex Jones planning to challenge all of this in court.

Alex Jones confirmed in a video:

🚨#BREAKING: Alex Jones has just confirmed that his network INFOWARS has just been acquired by the Onion, backed by the families of the Sandy Hook shooting pic.twitter.com/jFbsW2EBZV

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) November 14, 2024

AP reported:

The purchase of Alex Jones ‘ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga between the far-right conspiracy theorist and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.

The sale was ordered after relatives of many of the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 shooting successfully sued Jones and his company for defamation and emotional distress. Jones repeatedly made false claims on his show that the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting was a hoax staged by crisis actors to spur more gun control…

The auctions resulted from Jones’ personal bankruptcy case, which he filed in late 2022. Many of Jones’ personal assets also are being liquidated to help pay the judgment. Up for sale was everything from Jones’ studio desk to Infowars’ name, video archive, social media accounts and product trademarks. Buyers could even purchase an armored truck and video cameras.

The Onion acquired Infowars’ website; social media accounts; studio in Austin, Texas; trademarks; and video archive. The sale price was not disclosed.

After the sale was announced, Infowars’ website was down and Jones was broadcasting from what he said was a new studio location.

Jones vowed to challenge the sale and auction process in court, and late Thursday a federal judge ordered a hearing into exactly how The Onion won the bidding. Lawyers for Jones and a company affiliated with Infowars alleged the trustee overseeing the auction changed the bidding process just days before it was held.

Apparently, he rules of the auction were changed just 48 hours prior to the auction, locking in bids and keeping Jones’ supporters out of the bidding.

Nick Sotor explained:

UPDATE: Terms of the Infowars bankruptcy “auction” were changed just 48 HOURS ago, sealing each bid and rigging the auction on behalf of The Onion and the Connecticut Democrats

Jones’ friendly buyers were NOT allowed to outbid The Onion

And now they’re minutes away from…

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 14, 2024

Alex Jones says that the auction refused to accept the highest bid for Infowars, instead accepting The Onion’s bid, even though it was lower due to this sudden “rule change.”

🚨 Alex Jones confirms that the highest bid for InfoWars at the Federal Auction was not accepted and they chose the lower bid from The Onion instead, likely to make sure he wouldn’t retain control. This shows it’s not about helping the Sandy Hook families, it’s about punishment. pic.twitter.com/ADZx0xfuPR

— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) November 14, 2024

Because of this, the judge overseeing the sale of Infowars is ordering an investigation into the rigged auction.

Alex Jones released this video, explaining what’s happening:

BREAKING: The judge overseeing Alex Jones's Infowars case just ordered a hearing into how the Onion won the bidding after Alex's lawyers alleged that the trustee overseeing the auction rigged it at the last minute to allow the Onion to win

What they're doing to Jones is… pic.twitter.com/TQpek74EV6

— George (@BehizyTweets) November 14, 2024

We’ll keep you updated with any further developments.