Alex Jones asks judge to halt sale of Infowars site to The Onion

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Source: ABC News

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused The Onion and Sandy Hook Elementary School families of "collusive bidding" and asked a bankruptcy court judge to halt the sale of his Infowars platform.

Jones, who defamed the Sandy Hook families by calling the 2012 massacre a hoax and the parents of the 20 first graders actors, called The Onion's winning $1.75 million bid "sheer nonsense" because it's half of what the losing bidder offered.

The Onion began a "systematic effort to confuse Mr. Jones's personal public following with messages espousing gun control in a manner such that Mr Jones's personal public following would be utterly confused and misled," Jones said in an overnight court filing.

His request follows a similar push for an injunction by First United American Companies, which is affiliated with Jones through the sale of dietary supplements.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/alex-jones-asks-judge-halt-sale-infowars-site/story?id=116000992

[Walleye]

1. Dude, the Onion is satire. Cracks me up when these people insist other should follow rules.

[JohnnyRingo]

2. Jones can always set up a little booth in the town square.

Get a straw hat and a cane and pull in the rubes with his Mr Jones Magic Elixer, sure to recover youth, grow hair, and put some lead in your pencil. "And she'll like it too". On the side he can have a table of hair brained conspiracy theory pamphlets.

I don't know why he's complaining.

[Macrophylla]

3. He can just cough up the money

Or if he can't he coughs up the property to sell to meet his financial obligations.

If RWNJs wanted it they could have been the highest bidder...but they did not.

Confused and deluded followers should not be a concern for the court seeking restitution.

[Ray Bruns]

4. This shit just goes on and on and on and.............

[bigmonk]

5. Hmmm

I'm no lawyer, but isn't he defaming them?

[Martin68]

6. it is their worst nightmare. One of their prime misinformation sites going to the Onion. Jones and Musk are fighting it

All they need is a sympathetic judge.

[GB_RN]

7. Irony Is Officially Dead.

Alex “Tinfoil Hat” Jones (Q-Tinfoil Wars) is griping about his followers being misled? Fuuuck. He’s dialed that knob up to 11.

[Javaman]

8. he has no power at all.

if they judge rules in his favor then we really know that the fix has been in and and is still on going.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. The court-appointed trustee overseeing the sale of Infowars just responded to the emergency motion to disqualify sale

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NEW: The court-appointed trustee overseeing the sale of Infowars just responded to the emergency motion to disqualify The Onion's bid, calling it "a disappointed bidder’s improper attempt to influence an otherwise fair and open auction process."