The Onion reaches new deal to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars

Satirical news site The Onion said it has reached an agreement to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars company, in a move that could help repay the more than $1 billion he owes the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims.

Should The Onion win court approval, it would cap a legal saga lasting more than 18 months over the future of Jones’ website and show.

“We’ve wanted this the whole time. We have not backed down at any moment,” The Onion CEO Ben Collins told CNN in an interview.

Under the agreement, and with the support of the Sandy Hook families, The

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