Judge orders Infowars assets sold to pay Sandy Hook families

A Texas judge has cleared the way for InfoWars to be sold to help pay the $1 billion Alex Jones owes the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims

The judge ordered that InfoWars' parent company, Free Speech Systems, be handed over to a court-appointed receiver

That receiver can seize everything from cash and equipment to the InfoWars name itself and sell it off to satisfy Jones' debts

The move reopens the door for satirical outlet The Onion to revive its bid for the conspiracy-driven platform

A civil jury found Jones guilty of defamation in 2022 for falsely claiming the 2012 massacre

which left 20 children and six educators dead in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax

But he has not paid one cent of the damages. On the show, Jones said he's, quote, pissed off, his words, but resigned to Infowars shutting down

and promised to keep broadcasting under a different brand. Attorneys for the families call the order a major step

toward holding Jones accountable for years of cruel harassment