> a us judge overseeing alex jones bankruptcy expressed skepticism over thursdays purported sale of jones website infowars to satire publication the onion, according to the associated press. > while reports claimed infowars was sold at auction to the onion, us bankruptcy judge christopher lopez at an emergency hearing thursday said he was concerned over how the auction was conducted, considering one of the parties bid $3.5 million while a court-appointed trustee admitted the onions was not the highest bid. > a lawyer for first united american companies, which submitted the only other bid, argued the rules of the auction changed at the last minute, as jones has repeatedly claimed. > walter cicack, an attorney for first united american companies, told u.s. bankruptcy judge christopher lopez that murray changed the auction process only days before, deciding not to hold a round wednesday where parties could outbid each other. sealed bids were submitted last week, and the trustee chose only from those, cicack said. > while the court-appointed trustee claims he followed the rules laid out by the judge in september, judge lopez expressed concerns over the sealed bid auctions lack of transparency. > were all going to an evidentiary hearing and im going to figure out exactly what happened, judge lopez said at the emergency hearing thursday, adding, no one should feel comfortable with the results of this auction. > jones sounded the alarm on the emergency hearings developments during a marathon broadcast on x thursday, arguing the sale has not been finalized or approved by the judge despite mainstream outlets reporting:   so-fast-judge-halts-infowars-sale-t o-onion-due-to-shady-auction-proced ures
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