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Breaking | The Onion's controversial purchase of Alex Jones' Infowars stopped by US judge

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Judge said flawed auction resulted in low bidsJones bankrupted after being ordered to pay over $1.3 bln to Sandy Hook familiesJones alleges fraud and collusion in auction process

Alex Jones speaks to the media (AP)

Alex Jones speaks to the media (AP)

Dietrich Knauth

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A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday stopped the parody news site the Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez rejected Jones' claims that the auction was plagued by "collusion," at the end of a two-day hearing in Houston.

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