The losing bidder in last week’s bankruptcy auction for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ assets, including his infamous Infowars website, filed an emergency motion on Monday morning to disqualify The Onion’s winning bid.

  • Justin
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    328 hours ago

    Wasn’t that company owned by his parents or something? I think John Oliver or somebody did a story on all the shell companies he’s been embezzling money into to scam the sandy hook victims.

    • @mkwt
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      55 hours ago

      Surely, bankruptcy courts must be familiar with the tactic of “using shell companies to buy your own stuff back at bankruptcy auction for pennies on the dollar.”

    • @seaQueue
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      217 hours ago

      Owned by his dad and setup so that Jones could just step in and keep operating it

    • @formergijoe
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      167 hours ago

      They went over this in the latest knowledge fight and it appears to be owned by one Chase Brandon Geiser, an employee of Alex’s.

        • @formergijoe
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          24 hours ago

          Ah yes! How could I forget the further home movies connection!

          • @[email protected]
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            13 hours ago

            “Brendan put down the camera and I’m kick the ball-onet burger,” a bother with a slice of Baloney and Dijon mustard… Is what I WOULD be eating if you DIDN’T FILL THE FRIDGE WITH YOUR PROTEIN DRINKS CYRIL.