Summary
A company tied to Alex Jones, First United American Companies, is challenging The Onion’s winning bid to acquire Infowars in bankruptcy court, alleging fraud and collusion with the Sandy Hook families and the auction trustee.
The Onion’s $1.75M bid included incentives benefiting other creditors, which the trustee deemed superior to the $3.5M cash bid from the Jones-affiliated company.
The trustee rejected the allegations as baseless, describing the motion as an attempt to interfere with the auction process, while The Onion intends to transform Infowars into a parody site.
A hearing has been ordered to review the auction process.
It was always a joke, now it will just be a funny one.
Most importantly it will be a joke that attempts to deliver itself in a responsible way so that minimizes the chance of people who don’t understand the joke, will inflict great harm on people.