The Onion has won the bankruptcy auction for Alex Jones’ Infowars, backed by families of Sandy Hook victims, with plans to relaunch it as a satirical site aimed at conspiracy theories.

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, after Jones and his lawyers raised questions about how a bankruptcy auction was conducted.

In a statement, The Onion announced plans to relaunch InfoWars in January as a satire-focused platform, aiming to replace the site's history of conspiracy theories with humor. The deal, supported by the Sandy Hook families who won the defamation judgment,