Judge reschedules hearing on whether The Onion can purchase Alex Jones' Infowars

A bankruptcy judge on Monday rescheduled a hearing on whether the satirical news outlet The Onion could purchase Alex Jones' Infowars, after the outlet won the bidding war for the company earlier this month.

Jones was forced to liquidate his assets after he declared bankruptcy because he was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The auction for Infowars occurred earlier this month.

Jones claimed there was fraud and collusion in the auction, which resulted in The Onion winning the bid instead of a company that aligned with him. But the auction officials deny the allegations.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez on Monday said the hearing on the emergency motion to disqualify The Onion’s bid will take place on either Dec. 9 or Dec. 17, to better overlap with a hearing where Lopez will hear arguments on the trustee’s request to approve the sale of Infowars to the outlet.

“I want a fair and transparent process and let’s just see where the process goes,” Lopez said, according to the Associated Press.

Jones came under heat and legal trouble after he claimed the 2012 elementary school shooting in Connecticut was a "hoax" and that the grieving parents were actually "crisis actors" who were trying to pass gun legislation. But he has since admitted that the shooting was real.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.