Alex Jones’ media company was auctioned off by The Onion
Alex Jones, the Phoenix from the Aashes, and a Move Against Left-Right Corrupt Practices: A Reply to Stone
“I’m not sure what the bankruptcy proceedings will do to Alex Jones, but I am certain that he will rise to national attention like a Phoenix from the ashes,” Stone said.
Republican Roger Stone is one of those that were discussing putting together a group of conservatives. He declined to comment on the upshot of those efforts, but he echoed Jones’ sentiments about continuing to exercise his right to free speech.
In light of the fact that multiple bids from left-leaning parties are in the six- and seven-figure range, Jeff decided to opt out of his company.
It was clear from the conversations we had that we were not going to be able to put together a winning bid, because of the amount of money we had. We’re rooting for anyone who wants to get rid of the harm Alex Jones has done to the country and the world.
“There are billionaires on the other side of the equation who are looking to help Jones keep his audience, so it seems to me like a jump ball,” says Rotkoff.
Defamation of the Sandy Hook families in the U.S. Bankruptcy Attorney’s Corrupt Practices: When Jones is the Highest Bidder
It is possible that whoever wins the auction isn’t the highest bidder. The U.S. Trustee can decide whether to bid the highest or the best. According to the firms, additional words were added.
Sandy Hook families won defamation cases against Jones due to the false theories he spread about the 2012 school shooting. After some of his followers harassed and threatened the families, Jones owes them more than a billion dollars in damages. The families don’t really expect to collect a lot of money.
“They have a hunting license to go after any asset or any income that he has, regardless of source,” says Bruce Markell, a former U.S. bankruptcy judge and now Northwestern School of Law Professor.
Jones is still appealing what he calls the “fake court cases” and “show trials.” He’s going to challenge the sale of his company for “chicanery.”
As he has done many times in his career, Jones repeated baseless conspiratorial claims that “the Democratic Party runs the whole thing. He said the FBI didn’t understand that they cooked the whole thing up with the CIA.
The Infowars Auction: A Closer Look at the Future Owner of Jones’ Media Incentive and Controversy Explosions
Once court papers are filed the future owner of Jones’ media empire will become public. The winning bid will be selected by the court-appointed trustee after all the bidders have signed confidentiality agreements.
There are live bidding on everything from Jones’ desk, microphones and online vitamins store to his “extensive in-office fitness equipment” and Terradyne armored truck.
If approved, the sale would cap a stormy but financially successful run for Jones as sole owner of Infowars. He started his career with a local radio show in Texas more than 25 years ago, and built up his brand as a leading purveyor of conservative conspiracy theories, claiming even that the U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attack. Jones had his show and app removed from Apple’s app store and from social media sites such as Facebook andTwitter for his racist and mean comments, which he made on a number of platforms. In the face of deplatforming, Jones is still alive and well and got a boost when Musk resurrected his account late last year.
The sale, which still needs to be approved by a bankruptcy court, includes Jones’ studio equipment, his lucrative online nutritional supplement store, domain names, customer lists and some of Jones’ social media accounts, though not his X account.
He said that he will never surrender and that he needs funds to beat the tyrants. He implored his audience to go to his online store and buy his new “Trump Patriot Apparel” and limited edition posters that would help support his show.
The rules of the auction changed late yesterday, according to him. “What was going to be an open auction where you […] could offer more money and top [previous] bids, but now they’ve decided that it’ll just be sealed and there’s one bid and whoever’s the highest gets it.”
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Chris Mattei, the attorney for the Connecticut clients, said that their clients knew that true accountability would mean an end to Jones’ ability to spread lies.
Lawyers said that the families of Connecticut agreed to forgo some of their recovery in order to help The Onion’s success.