"The eyes of the country are on Arizona," the lawsuit filing begins. The 70-page lawsuit was filed in Maricopa County on Dec. 9, just days after the election's certification. Among the claims in the filing, Lake claims there were thousands of illegal votes, that Arizona Secretary of...
The 70-page lawsuit was filed in Maricopa County on Dec. 9, just days after the election's certification. Among the claims in the filing, Lake claims there were thousands of illegal votes, that Arizona Secretary of State and Governor-elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen...
Thompson had previously dismissed eight of the 10 claims Lake raised in her lawsuit. Among those were Lake's allegation that Hobbs, in her capacity as secretary of state, and Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer engaged in censorship by flagging social media posts with election misinformation for...
PHOENIX (AP) —Kari Lake, a RepublicanSenate candidatein Arizona who says she lost a 2022 race for governor because of fraud, is declining to defend against adefamation lawsuitfiled by a top election official. Lake this week asked a judge to jump directly to the damages phase of the lawsuit...
A top Republican election official in Arizona filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against Kari Lake, who falsely claims she lost the 2022 race for governor because of fraud. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said he's faced "violent vitriol and other dire consequences" because of lies spread...
Arizona GOP election official files defamation suit against Kari Lake A top GOP election official in Arizona has filed a defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake. Jun 23, 2023 Kari Lake's last election loss claim dismissed by Arizona judge Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter A. Thompson...
Donald Trump and his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. She went on to narrowly lose her own race for Arizona governor last year along with a lawsuit challenging the results.Kari Lake's last election loss claim dismissed by Arizona judgeDespite her losses in court, Lake ...
Lake’s lawsuit demanded she be declared the winner of the race and focused on technical issues Maricopa County faced the day of the election that many on the right have pointed to as proof of fraud. On election day, a judge denied that the issues disproportionately affected Republicans, rejec...