Bankruptcy Judge Clamps Down On Control Of Infowars

The New York Times reports:

A federal bankruptcy judge in Houston ordered new personnel to oversee the bankruptcy of Alex Jones’s Infowars late on Tuesday, citing an ongoing lack of transparency, including over Mr. Jones’s lavish personal spending.

Judge Christopher Lopez dismissed Mr. Jones’s attorney and chief restructuring officer in the bankruptcy of Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, and expanded the duties of a Department of Justice-appointed trustee already monitoring the case.

The judge authorized the trustee to hire additional legal and other help, specifying that any new hires must have “no connection to any of these cases,” he said, citing a need to investigate “insider relationships.”

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A federal bankruptcy judge in Houston ordered new personnel to oversee the bankruptcy of Alex Jones’s Infowars late on Tuesday, citing an ongoing lack of transparency, including over Jones’s lavish personal spending.https://t.co/fmUZbxTHMh

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 21, 2022

Alex Jones is now complaining that the judge won’t let him argue his innocence in the damages phase. A default judgment was entered last year because he refused to participate in discovery. Rules don’t work well for Alex. ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ pic.twitter.com/6j02OzqKqq

— Ron Filipkowski ?? (@RonFilipkowski) September 21, 2022

Judge says someone completely independent is needed to run Infowars, citing concerns with disclosure, lack of candor and the $54 million debt to an LLC partly owned by his family, and the need to investigate insider rel’ships

— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) September 21, 2022

He is also authorizing the trustee to hire outside counsel/help. “And I want folks with no connection to any of these cases to assist you.”

— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) September 21, 2022

“There has to be greater transparency in this case…It’s gonna cost what it costs.”

— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) September 21, 2022