NEW YORK ‒ A U.S. judge on Tuesday stopped parody news site The Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids.

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.

I just think this lacked transparency,” Lopez said. “It was confusing, and it was understandably a little confusing.” Lopez said he didn’t necessarily believe there was anything wrong with the joint bid from Global Tetrahedron – the company behind The Onion – and the families of Sandy Hook mass shooting victims,