The Onion, the satirical news outlet that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, won the award bankruptcy auction for control of his media empire — particularly InfoWars, the far-right conspiracy website that served as Jones’ primary online platform.

Jones announced the sale on X thursday morning

“I just found out 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and people met with the US receiver regarding our bankruptcy this morning and they said they are shutting us down even without a court order this morning,” Jones said.

“The Connecticut Democrats with The Onion bought us,” he added.

The Onion plans to shut down Jones’ InfoWars and rebuild the website with well-known Internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with knowledge of the sale.

Jones, one of the most high-profile and financially successful alternative media personalities, built a small empire from a radio show-turned-internet video operation centered around the Infowars brand, which focused on false and often outlandish claims about the big conspiracies and government misdeeds.

Details of Wednesday’s auction, including how much was offered for Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, and related assets, were not immediately known. Funds generated from the sale are intended to satisfy Jones’ estate creditors, made up largely of victims’ families 2012 Sandy Hook Shooting to whom he must pay damages in defamation verdicts.

Sandy Hook families have filed lawsuits in Connecticut and Texas, claiming Jones defamed them on his show and caused them emotional distress by repeatedly suggesting the shooting, in which a gunman killed 20 first graders and six adultsit was a prank.

Juries awarded the families a total of nearly $1.5 billion in their lawsuits, but failed to collect anything from Jones, who claimed he couldn’t afford that much. He filed for bankruptcy at the end of 2022 and judge in June allowed him to liquidate his personal assets to help pay the verdicts.

The sale had the support of several Connecticut families of the Sandy Hook shooting who were part of the lawsuit.

“Our clients knew that true accountability meant ending Infowars and ending Jones’ ability to spread lies, pain and fear at scale,” Chris Mattei, the attorney for the Connecticut families, said in a statement. “By divesting Jones of Infowars assets, the families and team at The Onion have done a public service and will significantly impede Jones’ ability to do more harm.”

Anti-violence organization Everytown for Gun Safety said it will be the exclusive advertiser in The Onion’s new business as part of a multi-year deal.

John Feinblatt, the group’s chairman, said in a statement that it hopes to “reach new audiences ready to hold the gun industry accountable for contributing to our nation’s gun violence epidemic.”