By DAVE COLLINS 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

It’s a final laugh for The Onion, which has regularly spoofed Jones over his spreading of conspiracies on Infowars, including his false claims about Sandy Hook that pushed the parents of slain children to successfully sue him for $1.5 billion in Connecticut.

The Onion has won the bankruptcy auction for Alex Jones’ Infowars, backed by families of Sandy Hook victims, with plans to relaunch it as a satirical site aimed at conspiracy theories.