A bankruptcy judge in Texas rejected a bid on Tuesday from The Onion’s parent company to acquire Alex Jones‘ far-right media outlet, Infowars, and its associated assets, citing concerns over the auction process.

The owners of the satirical news publication announced last month that they had won a bankruptcy auction to buy InfoWars with financial backing from the families of Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims,

I just think this lacked transparency,” Lopez said. “It was confusing, and it was understandably a little confusing.” Lopez said he didn’t necessarily believe there was anything wrong with the joint bid from Global Tetrahedron – the company behind The Onion – and the families of Sandy Hook mass shooting victims,