• Alex Jones’ Infowars empire is being auctioned off for parts.
• The proceeds are unlikely to affect the $1.5 billion owed to the families of some Sandy Hook victims.
• Jones could continue his conspiracy theory talk show under new ownership.

Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory empire is being sold for parts to pay off some of the massive court judgments against him – but it probably won’t be the far-right commentator’s last word.

In a court hearing on Tuesday, a Texas bankruptcy judge announced he would approve an auction of Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, which Jones wholly owns, The Associated Press reported.

As part of the auction, Infowars assets will be broken down and sold, including its domain name, social media accounts, subscriber lists, e-commerce platform and audio production equipment, according to ThreeSixty Asset Advisors’ website.

Jones agreed to liquidate his assets in June after both he and Free Speech Systems separately filed for bankruptcy in 2022.

This year, Jones was ordered to pay total sums $1.5 billion to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting after he was found liable in four defamation lawsuits for repeatedly lying that the deadly 2012 school shooting was a hoax.

The proceeds from the sale of his company and its parts – which could fetch millions of dollars, according to CNN – would hardly reduce his debts to the families.

But that doesn’t necessarily stop Jones from spreading conspiracy theories again. In fact, Jones suggested during his “Infowars” podcast on Friday that if one of his allies bought the company, he would consider working with them to continue the broadcasts.

“There are buyers out there who are patriots that I would work with,” Jones said on Friday’s broadcast. Throughout the show, he repeated the claim that “patriotic buyers” sympathetic to his cause could buy the company.

“It’s abundantly clear that Free Speech Systems’ assets, the website, the equipment, the shopping cart and all of that can be sold,” Jones said. “And they know full well that there are a lot of patriotic buyers, and then the operation can be more relaxed.”

He also said that the government wanted to stop him from continuing his show on the platform.

According to NPR, there are no legal prohibitions preventing Jones from continuing to broadcast his show under new ownership. However, he could be barred from speaking about the Sandy Hook massacre due to ongoing negotiations between his team and the victims’ families, NPR said.

The bankruptcy trustee managing Jones’ assets said in court this week that some potential buyers had already expressed interest in part of Free Speech Systems.

These potential buyers could be allies who want the platform to live on with Alex Jones at the helm, or opponents who want to destroy it.

Even if it doesn’t happen on the Infowars platform itself, Jones probably won’t go quietly.

Jones has vowed to continue producing talk shows and content in any way he can, and repeatedly urged his “Infowars” audience during Friday’s show to buy his products and send him money to keep him on the air.

Prospective buyers must submit sealed bids for Free Speech Systems and its parts by November 8th. Any physical assets that are not sold are scheduled to be auctioned off in stages over the following month.

Representatives for Jones and Infowars did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, nor did ThreeSixty or an attorney who represented some of the Sandy Hook victims.