The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes

Alex Jones himself has confirmed the news — calling The Onion “Connecticut Democrats” and declining to break kayfabe (“a total attack on free speech, the deep state is completely out of control”):

The satirical news site intends to turn Infowars into a parody of itself. But the court overseeing the bankruptcy put a hold on the sale pending a hearing next week.