Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media platform, Infowars, will be auctioned off piece by piece starting this November to help pay over $1 billion he owes to the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims. A federal judge is expected to approve the auctions as part of Jones’ bankruptcy case.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, during a hearing in Houston on Tuesday, indicated he would approve the sale of Infowars assets. The auctions will include everything from the website and equipment to other assets belonging to Free Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, which Jones owns outright. However, before moving forward, Judge Lopez must modify an earlier order to confirm that the trustee overseeing Jones’ personal bankruptcy case has full control over all of Free Speech Systems’ assets.
Despite facing the loss of his company, Jones remains defiant, pledging to continue his talk shows through other platforms, possibly a new website and his personal social media accounts. He has also floated the idea that his supporters could purchase Infowars’ assets, allowing him to continue hosting his show as an employee under the same brand in Austin, Texas. “It’s very cut and dry that the assets of Free Speech Systems, the website, the equipment, the shopping cart, all that, can be sold,” Jones said on a recent show. “And they know full well that there are a bunch of patriot buyers, and then the operation can ease on.”
This development comes after Jones and his company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2022, the same year he was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages for repeatedly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax. His false claims added immense suffering to the families of the 20 first-graders and six educators killed in Newtown, Connecticut.
