Funviralpark (Reuters) – Democratic governor-elect Katie Hobbs of Arizona on Thursday asked a court to sanction Republican candidate Kari Lake after her failed attempt to overturn the state’s election results. rice field.
On Saturday, an Arizona judge dismissed Lake’s lawsuit, which challenged counting and certification of the November campaign to declare him the winner, despite no evidence of voter fraud.
Hobbes joined a motion by Maricopa County seeking sanctions against Lake and her attorneys, and county deputy attorney Thomas P. Liddy said Lake called the “baseless” lawsuit for “frivolous pursuits.” I wrote that I submitted
In a motion filed Monday, Liddy wrote that “really enough”.
Maricopa County’s allegations are “unfounded in law and in fact,” Lake’s attorney wrote in a response filed Monday night, asking the court to dismiss the sanctions request.
Court documents filed by Mr. Lake’s attorneys say that “punishing those who make legitimate claims, as plaintiffs have done here, does not increase confidence in the electoral process.” “In fact, imposing sanctions on plaintiffs would have the opposite effect.”
Sanctions come in the form of monetary penalties imposed by judges for violations of court rules or misconduct.
Lake’s lawsuit targeted Hobbes, who is now Arizona’s secretary of state and next week’s governor, and a senior Maricopa County official. “Illegal voting has infected the election,” he said.
In a separate court filing, Hobbs also asked the Maricopa County Superior Court to award Lake more than $600,000 to compensate her for fees and expenses incurred in defending her lawsuit. .
A former TV newscaster, Lake was one of the most high-profile Republican candidates in the 2020 midterm elections to embrace false claims from former Republican President Donald Trump.
Although she lost the gubernatorial race to Hobbes, she refused to admit it and continued to make unconfirmed allegations of election fraud on her Twitter feed.
Lake was one of the most prominent of the Republican candidates close to Trump to lose the hard-fought state race in the midterm elections.
Reported by Ismail Shakil of Ottawa.Edited by Mary Milliken and Alistair Bell
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