In addition to denying the proposed deal, a federal judge told the Chapter 7 trustee that he was no longer authorized to sell Infowars' assets.

Sandy Hook families will have to wait a little longer to recoup anything from Alex Jones. On Wednesday, a federal bankruptcy judge froze a settlement deal between families who say the conspiracy theorist spewed false claims regarding the 2012 mass shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School,

This is masterful, creative lawyering, but at its core it is something I can’t approve,” federal Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said in his Texas courtroom