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A trustee who oversaw the Infowars bankruptcy auction told a judge Tuesday he picked The Onion's bid for the conspiracy-filled platform because was it far better than the only other proposal he received, from a company affiliated with Alex Jones. Trustee Christopher Murray testified during the second day of a hearing where a judge scrutinized Murray's decision to name the satirical news outlet's offer as the winning bid after a November auction. It is not clear how quickly U.
S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston will rule. The sale of Infowars is part of Jones' personal bankruptcy case, which he filed in late 2022 after he was ordered to pay nearly $1.
5 billion in defamation lawsuits in Connecticut and Texas filed by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Though The Onion's cash offer was lower than that of First United American, it also included a pledge by many of the Sandy Hook families to forgo $750,000 of the auction proceeds due to them and give it to other creditors, providing the other creditors more money than they would receive under First United American's bid. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!.
