[jfengel]

If Musk wants to pay even more money than The Onion and the Sandy Hook families, fine. The Sandy Hook families will get the money.

Though I don't know how you conduct a fair auction now that two key bidders' bids have been revealed.

[linuxftw]

> The exact bid amount offered by the Onion for InfoWars remains unknown, but it has been reported it was lower than First United American’s bid of $3.5m.

Sounds a lot like FUA won the auction, but the trustee is playing games. The judge ordered a public auction, the trustee and the creditors don't get to side-step the judge's order because some of them might perceive their actions to be a better outcome.

[JumpCrisscross]

> but the trustee is playing games

Not really. Trustee’s obligation is to the creditors. Some of the creditors agreed to release their claims if it went to a third party. That has monetary value.

[linuxftw]

Doesn't matter, that's not what the judge had ordered. Trustees don't decide anything, the judge has the final say.