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2024-09-25 02:52:57 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Judge Lopez is allowing Alex Jones’s Infowars (Free Speech Systems LLC) to be auctioned off at Jones' request (NOT FORCED). Jones filed to convert the Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7 (i.e., liquidation). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.684.0_6.pdf https://www.reuters.com/world/us/alex-jones-asks-convert-his-bankruptcy-chapter-7-liquidation-2024-06-06/#:~:text=Chapter%207%20liquidation%20allows%20streamlined%20procedure%20for%20selling%20assets https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-seeks-permission-to-convert-his-personal-bankruptcy-into-a-liquidation#:~:text=Conspiracy%20theorist%20Alex,Elementary%20School%20shooting https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnpyxvnxno#:~:text=Mr.%20Jones%20has%20asked%20the%20court%20to%20convert%20his%20previous%20personal%20Chapter%2011%20bankruptcy%20claim%20to%20Chapter%207%2C%20which%20would%20allow%20the%20media%20personality%20to%20sell%20any%20assets%20rather%20than%20try%20to%20restructure%20his%20finances Chapter 7 is selling assets to pay creditors. https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy-basics/chapter-7-bankruptcy-basics#:~:text=This%20chapter%20of%20the%20Bankruptcy%20Code%20provides%20for%20%22liquidation%22%20%2D%20the%20sale%20of%20a%20debtor%27s%20nonexempt%20property%20and%20the%20distribution%20of%20the%20proceeds%20to%20creditors https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/chapter-7-bankruptcy-liquidation-under-the-bankruptcy-code#:~:text=A%20Chapter%207%20Trustee%20is%20appointed%20to%20convert%20the%20debtor%E2%80%99s%20assets%20into%20cash%20for%20distribution%20among%20creditors https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/what-is-chapter-7-bankruptcy/#:~:text=A%20Chapter%207%20bankruptcy%20is%20also%20called%20a%20liquidation%20bankruptcy%20because%20you%20have%20to%20sell%20nonexempt%20possessions%20and%20use%20the%20proceeds%20to%20repay%20your%20creditors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_7,_Title_11,_United_States_Code#:~:text=In%20a%20Chapter%207%20bankruptcy%2C%20the%20trustee%20is%20appointed%20almost%20immediately%2C%20with%20broad%20powers%20to%20examine%20the%20finances%20of%20the%20business%20in%20bankruptcy%3B%20generally%2C%20the%20trustee%20sells%20the%20assets%20and%20distributes%20the%20money%20to%20the%20creditors

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• Judge Lopez is allowing Alex Jones’s Infowars (Free Speech Systems LLC) to be auctioned off at Jones' request (NOT FORCED). Jones filed to convert the Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7 (i.e., liquidation). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.684.0_6.pdf https://www.reuters.com/world/us/alex-jones-asks-convert-his-bankruptcy-chapter-7-liquidation-2024-06-06/#:~:text=Chapter%207%20liquidation%20allows%20streamlined%20procedure%20for%20selling%20assets https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-seeks-permission-to-convert-his-personal-bankruptcy-into-a-liquidation#:~:text=Conspiracy%20theorist%20Alex,Elementary%20School%20shooting https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnpyxvnxno#:~:text=Mr.%20Jones%20has%20asked%20the%20court%20to%20convert%20his%20previous%20personal%20Chapter%2011%20bankruptcy%20claim%20to%20Chapter%207%2C%20which%20would%20allow%20the%20media%20personality%20to%20sell%20any%20assets%20rather%20than%20try%20to%20restructure%20his%20finances Chapter 7 is selling assets to pay creditors. https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy-basics/chapter-7-bankruptcy-basics#:~:text=This%20chapter%20of%20the%20Bankruptcy%20Code%20provides%20for%20%22liquidation%22%20%2D%20the%20sale%20of%20a%20debtor%27s%20nonexempt%20property%20and%20the%20distribution%20of%20the%20proceeds%20to%20creditors https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/chapter-7-bankruptcy-liquidation-under-the-bankruptcy-code#:~:text=A%20Chapter%207%20Trustee%20is%20appointed%20to%20convert%20the%20debtor%E2%80%99s%20assets%20into%20cash%20for%20distribution%20among%20creditors https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/what-is-chapter-7-bankruptcy/#:~:text=A%20Chapter%207%20bankruptcy%20is%20also%20called%20a%20liquidation%20bankruptcy%20because%20you%20have%20to%20sell%20nonexempt%20possessions%20and%20use%20the%20proceeds%20to%20repay%20your%20creditors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_7,_Title_11,_United_States_Code#:~:text=In%20a%20Chapter%207%20bankruptcy%2C%20the%20trustee%20is%20appointed%20almost%20immediately%2C%20with%20broad%20powers%20to%20examine%20the%20finances%20of%20the%20business%20in%20bankruptcy%3B%20generally%2C%20the%20trustee%20sells%20the%20assets%20and%20distributes%20the%20money%20to%20the%20creditors