Onion acquired InfoWars, the website formerly owned and operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, in a bankruptcy auction.

Jones was forced into bankruptcy after losing a $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit filed against him by the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

Jones apparently didn’t know that Onion had bought InfoWars until he was alerted by his lawyers Thursday morning. “I just found out 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and people met with the US bankruptcy trustee this morning and they said they’re shutting us down even without a court order this morning,” Jones said on social media. socialization. “Connecticut Democrats with Onion the newspaper bought us.”

The Onion plans to relaunch InfoWars “as a parody of itself,” with Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit dedicated to stopping gun violence, as its presenting sponsor, according to New York Times.

This is a developing story…