A state judge in Texas has appointed a receiver to take over and sell conspiracy theorist Infowars assets to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes in legal judgments to the families of victims of the .

The order by Judge Maya Guerra Gamble in Austin on Wednesday has the potential to shut Jones out of his studio in the coming days. It also appeared to restart an effort by The Onion satirical publication to buy Infowars and its assets and turn the platform into “We're working on it,” Ben Collins, chief executive of The Onion, said in a social media post Wednesday.

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