Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal on Friday rejected Alex Jones's bid to shield Infowars from liquidation, upholding a bankruptcy court ruling that the platform's assets aren't protected by Jones's personal bankruptcy estate. The decision removes a key legal maneuver Jones used to maintain control of his conspiracy platform.

Jones faces $1.4 billion in defamation judgments for falsely claiming the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a government hoax. The ruling clears a significant hurdle for the conspiracy platform to undergo court-ordered liquidation, with proceeds intended to compensate the victims' families who endured years of harassment from Jones's followers.

The decision represents a major legal setback for Jones, who has exhausted multiple strategies to protect his media empire from the massive judgments. Infowars now moves closer to a forced sale process that could dismantle Jones's operations and provide financial relief to the families affected by his harmful conspiracy theories that have caused additional suffering beyond the original tragedy.