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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Collins

The Onion's bid to buy Infowars goes before judge as Alex Jones tries stopping sale

Newtown Shooting Infowars - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A bid by The Onion satirical news outlet to buy Alex Jones' conspiracy theory platform Infowars is scheduled to return Monday to a Texas courtroom, where a judge will be deciding whether a bankruptcy auction was properly run as Jones alleges collusion and fraud.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston is set to hear testimony about the November auction and how a trustee chose The Onion over the only other bidder — a company affiliated with Jones that offered twice as much money as The Onion.

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