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 said Kari Lake failed to prove her claim that Maricopa County did ...
In a 6-page ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson ruled that Lake had not provided evidence of misconduct in the county’s signature-verification procedures for early ballots. Lake, a former TV anchor and prominent election denier, lost last year’s gubernatorial race...
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...