Failed Republican candidate Kari Lake has filed an appeal after an Arizona judge rejected her bid to overturn the 2022 gubernatorial election and ordered her to pay $33,000 in legal fees.
Tuesday after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson ordered her to compensate expert witnesses that defended election officials against Lake's claims. Hobbs won the election by about 17,000 votes and had sought additional sanctions against her defeated Republican opponent, but the judge rejected her request. ."The fact that plaintiff [Lake] failed to meet the burden of clear and convincing evidence ...
Kari Lake, Republican gubernatorial candidate for Arizona, speaks during an Arizona Republican Party election night rally in Scottsdale, Arizona, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Gov.-elect of Arizona Katie Hobbs speaks to attendees at a rally to celebrate Hobbs' victory for Governor of Arizona on Nov. 15, 2022, in Phoenix.Thompson rejected these arguments"because of faulty underpinnings in fact, unsupported assumptions and foundation," finding that Lake did not show clear and convincing evidence the election tainted by intentional misconduct.
In last week's ruling, the judge acknowledged the"anger and frustration" of voters who were inconvenienced in the election but noted that setting aside the results of an election"has never been done in the history of the
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