A federal judge in Texas has rejected the auction sale of the conspiracy platform to the satirical news outlet, criticizing the bidding process as flawed.

The judge criticized the auction process as flawed and said the outcome "left a lot of money on the table" for Sandy Hook families.

A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday stopped the parody news site the Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids.