As the winning bidder, 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.

The Onion, a satirical news site started in 1988, has purchased Alex Jones' Infowars business out of bankruptcy.

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 more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax,

The sale ends Jones’s 25-year run controlling the conspiracy theorist website that peddled claims the Sandy Hook school shooting was a “hoax.”

The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that served as Jones’ primary online platform.

Now, Jones is insisting that “good guys say they’re gonna buy it,” but it’s unclear if that’s just a self-lie the soon-to-be-former host is telling himself to get through the day; he did amend his statement to: “Who knows if they’re really good guys once they buy it.

Alex Jones’ inflammatory Infowars franchise will be auctioned Wednesday to help pay the nearly $1.5 billion Jones owes the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which he spread false conspiracy theories on,