Los Angeles entertainment attorney Tre Lovell said that Lopez may end up blocking The Onion 's purchase of Infowars if the judge rules the sale is not in the best interest of Jones, or if the satirical news publisher is merely trying to make a "joke" out of the bidding process.

A federal judge said Monday he may hold an evidentiary hearing next month to help determine whether to approve the sale of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company to satirical publication The Onion.