The Onion’s Bid to Take Over Infowars Paused by Texas Court (1)

A Texas state appeals court issued a last-minute order pausing The Onion’s move to license the intellectual property of Alex Jones’ Infowars, delaying a planned turnover.

The order by a three-judge panel of the Texas Court of Appeals, Third Circuit at Austin issued late Wednesday temporarily freezes any asset turnover. The judges also paused a larger appeal of defamation judgments against Jones related to his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 was a hoax.

The order means a court-appointed receiver controlling Infowars parent Free Speech Systems LLC must put the brakes on his bid to ...