A federal bankruptcy judge has still not approved the sale of Alex Jones’s media company, Infowars, to the satirical publication the Onion, signaling that an evidentiary hearing may be held next month to address objections from competing bidders and clarify the process.
Judge Christopher Lopez announced during a hearing Monday that the sale remains in limbo following a contentious auction earlier this month, in which the Onion emerged as the winning bidder. The auction is part of bankruptcy proceedings aimed at compensating families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, who won nearly $1.5 billion in defamation judgments against Jones after he falsely claimed the 2012 massacre was a hoax.
