Infowars to be auctioned off to pay Sandy Hook families

A bankruptcy judge ruled that assets of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars empire can be auctioned off to help pay victim families of the Sandy Hook mass shooting, The New York Times reports.

The auction slated to take place in mid-November will include Infowars’ website, social media accounts and trademarks.

Jones was sued for defamation and owes more than $1 billion to victims of the Sandy Hook shooting for pushing conspiracies about the incident.

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