By DAVE COLLINS A federal judge in Texas rejected the auction sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet, criticizing the bidding for the conspiracy theory platform as

A federal judge put a halt to the sale of Alex Jones' Infowars platform to Sandy Hook families and The Onion. Here's what we know about the failed deal.

The judge who threw out the sale of Alex Jones’ bankrupted Infowars business to Sandy Hook families and a satirical news site was not swayed by collusion accusations or by threats about what new buyers might do with the conspiracy site,