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I think it's all the assets of the website.

I believe that the current state of play is that Jones has to pay $1.1bn damages even post bankruptcy so maybe any future successes will lead to money for the Sandyhook families. I certainly hope so.

Ironically he may live longer to earn more for them - he'll never be able to afford a cigar again.



Wait am I understanding this right?

- Collins buys InfoWars

- Auction money ends up going to SH victims

- SH victims have an anti-gun organization set up

- This org enters into a long term ad deal with Collins

- Some of the money therefore flows back to Collins, effectively helping with the auction buy


That's what I guessed from the story - I suppose that there would be a lot of reticence about buying this site from a lot of corporate actors, but maybe there are a lot of crazy people who could have bought it if the price was right. So, this way it is for sure a "dead" property.




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