The Onion's purchase of Alex Jones' Infowars rejected by a US judge

Alex Jones's Infowars was put up for auction due to a $1.5 billion court order, stemming from his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings were a hoax. The Onion, a satirical news outlet, was initially announced as the winning bidder, but a federal judge, Christopher Lopez, rejected the sale, citing a "good-faith error" by the bankruptcy trustee who ran the auction. The decision was a victory for Jones, allowing him to retain ownership of Infowars. Jones had claimed that the auction was marred by "collusion," but Lopez's ruling did not support this assertion.