In addition to denying the proposed deal, a federal judge told the Chapter 7 trustee that he was no longer authorized to sell Infowars' assets.

The decision complicates a proposed sale of Jones’ Infowars platform, and could spur divisions between families who sued Jones and won nearly $1.3 billion in Connecticut court cases and

A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday rejected a proposal to hold a second auction for assets owned by Alex Jones’ right-wing conspiracy website Infowars. “We’re not doing that any more,” Judge Christopher Lopez said in a hearing in Houston’s downtown courtroom.

The judge also shut down the future sale of Infowars' assets, leaving the trustee authorized to sell only the company’s equity.

The judge overseeing Alex Jones’s bankruptcy case suspended the sale of his conspiracy website Infowars, ending a monthslong effort to find a buyer.