Losing Bidder Files To Disqualify Onion’s Infowars Buy

Courthouse News reports:

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.

First United American Companies argued it should have been declared the winner of the auction — not The Onion. It argued that, given the unclear value of the proceeds waiver in The Onion’s joint bid, First United should have been declared the winning bidder.

However, in a pair of documents filed shortly after, Christopher Murray, the court-appointed trustee of the Jones estate, showed in his analysis that The Onion’s bid won because creditors other than the Connecticut families would ultimately recover more than double what they would under First United’s bid.

Read the full article. On Friday, Elon Musk’s X filed to have access to the auction’s documents in what some say may be an attempt to return control of Infowars back to Jones.

A losing bidder connected to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones challenged the Onion’s purchase of Jones’ Infowars website, saying the Onion won a rigged bankruptcy auction and offered half as much cash as its bid https://t.co/SWSbsU8L7b pic.twitter.com/o6gsB8PsDe

— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) November 18, 2024

The losing bidder in last week’s bankruptcy auction for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ assets, including his Infowars website, filed an emergency motion on Monday to disqualify The Onion’s winning bid. https://t.co/Q4SoTTSagf

— Courthouse News (@CourthouseNews) November 18, 2024