The Onion Wins Bidding for InfoWars Assets - eviltoast

A small bright spot in a dark timeline.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    I’m being a lazy sack. I skimmed the article but didn’t find an amount they won it for, has anyone seen how much they just paid the man who needs to pay his dues?

    • DokPsy@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      They paid him nothing. The auction was for the settlement of debts in bankruptcy court. Basically, the courts seized his assets including Infowars and auctioned them off to cover the outstanding debts owed.

      Per NPR: The sale, which still needs to be approved by a bankruptcy judge, includes Jones’ studio and equipment, his lucrative online nutritional supplement store, domain names, customer lists and some of his social media accounts.

      So it’ll be fun when all settled