Attorneys for X Corp., the company founded by Elon Musk and formerly known as Twitter, have officially joined the bankruptcy case of Alex Jones and his Infowars platform.
The move comes after The Onion successfully bid for Infowars in an auction, with plans to reimagine the site as a satirical brand.
The Onion’s purchase of Infowars marks a significant shift for the platform.
NBC News reported that the satirical website intends to rebuild Infowars with contributions from prominent internet humorists and content creators.
However, the sale has raised eyebrows, prompting a federal bankruptcy judge in Texas to order an evidentiary hearing to examine the auction process.
Jones, in a video posted to X, accused Connecticut Democrats and The Onion of colluding to take over Infowars through questionable tactics.
He alleged that the bidding rules were abruptly altered days before the auction.
“They said, ‘It was competitive,’” Jones stated in his video. “They changed all the bidding rules and made it secret two days ago. I had a bad feeling about this.”
BREAKING: The judge overseeing Alex Jones’s Infowars case just ordered a hearing into how the Onion won the bidding after Alex’s lawyers alleged that