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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge Friday, June 14, 2024, in Houston. The judge is expected to rule on whether to liquidate Jones' assets to help pay the $1.5 billion he owes for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Satirical news site The Onion acquired conservative news platform Infowars this week after winning a bidding war with the site's supporters. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Onion wins bid for Infowars’ equipment, brand

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge in Houston on Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

Satire slinger The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge Friday, June 14, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Infowars auction could determine whether Alex Jones is kicked off its platforms

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

FILE - Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge, Friday, June 14, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Who will buy Infowars? Both supporters and opponents of Alex Jones interested in bankruptcy auction

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge, June 14, 2024, in Houston. A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down Jones' Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes for repeatedly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones’ Infowars and liquidate assets

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 22, 2022. Jones appears to be on the brink of losing the Infowars media platform he turned into a multimillion-dollar moneymaker, as a bankruptcy judge is set to rule Friday, June 14, 2024, whether to liquidate his assets to help pay the $1.5 billion he owes for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones could lose his Infowars platform to pay for Sandy Hook conspiracy lawsuit

By Dave Collins and Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 22, 2022. Jones asked the court permission on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, which would lead to a sell-off of a large portion of his assets to help pay some of the $1.5 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Alex Jones seeks permission to convert his personal bankruptcy into a liquidation

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones rallies pro-Trump supporters, Nov. 5, 2020, in Phoenix. A court upheld $75,000 in fines against Jones for missing Sandy Hook case deposition. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Alex Jones offers to pay families at least $55 million over school shooting hoax conspiracy

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones’ ‘X’ reinstatement a win for free speech

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist, walks the corridors of Capitol Hill after listening to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Twitter's permanent ban of conspiracy-monger Alex Jones on Thursday again underscored the difficulty many social-media services face in trying to consistently apply their rules against harassment and other bad behavior. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Alex Jones might return to Musk’s X if poll says yes

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court, Sept. 22, 2022, in Waterbury, Conn. Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the dollar — at least $85 million over 10 years. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Judge rules Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families

Associated Press

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas as he faces nearly $1.5 billion in court judgments over conspiracy theories he spread about the Sandy Hook school massacre. Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in bankruptcy court in Houston on Friday, Dec. 2. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones’ motion to set aside Sandy Hook verdict denied

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A lawyer for Sandy Hook families said Monday that significant punitive damages need to be imposed on Jones to deter him and other conspiracy theorists from continuing to tell their followers the 2012 Newtown shooting was a hoax. Attorney Christopher Mattei's comments came during a video conference hearing before a Connecticut judge on how much punitive damages the Infowars host and his company, Free Speech Systems, should pay victims' families. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Judge backs full $49 million jury award against Alex Jones in Texas

Associated Press

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A lawyer for Sandy Hook families said Monday that significant punitive damages need to be imposed on Jones to deter him and other conspiracy theorists from continuing to tell their followers the 2012 Newtown shooting was a hoax. Attorney Christopher Mattei's comments came during a video conference hearing before a Connecticut judge on how much punitive damages the Infowars host and his company, Free Speech Systems, should pay victims' families. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. On Friday, Oct. 21, Jones asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict

By Dave Collins

Infowars founder Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A Connecticut jury’s ruling that Jones pay $965 to people he targeted with Sandy Hook lies is heartening to people disgusted by the muck of disinformation. Just don’t expect conspiracy theories to go away. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones and the freedom of speech

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Victims unlikely to see much of $1 billion Alex Jones judgment, legal experts say

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Infowars founder Alex Jones testifies at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A six-person jury reached a verdict Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, saying that Jones should pay $965 million to 15 plaintiffs who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. Jones and his company were found liable for damages last year. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

By Dave Collins

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones was found liable last year by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what the judge called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury is now deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

Closing arguments held in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook trial

By Dave Collins and Pat Eaton-Robb - Associated Press