When Republican Kari Lake filed a lawsuit challenging the Democratic victory of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the governor’s election, and giving Steve Bannon an update, Arizona state politics were flipped on their head. Arizona’s future may be impacted by this crucial legal dispute for years to come!
Republican Kelly Lake nearly lost her race to become governor of Arizona by 17,000 votes after a tough campaign. But instead of accepting loss at the polls, she took the case to court and pleaded for a miraculous turn of events, making a direct appeal to the judge who ruled that there was fraud in the election results. Before a decision is reached in this historic lawsuit that has the potential to completely alter politics, both sides were heard on Tuesday as the attorneys for each contender presented their separate views.
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As the dispute over the election results in Arizona rages on, Lake and her team have submitted a 70-page complaint, which is being contested by lawyers for Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who just this week declared her own victory. Steve Bannon spoke with Lake about these incidents on his podcast “War Room” to get a closer look at what has been going on in court. It will be interesting to observe how both sides perform as they struggle to decide the future of their state with opposing troops prepared for battle.
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The Secretary of State’s Office’s attorney, Andy Gaona, asked the judge on Tuesday to keep the case on a tight timeline in the hopes that it will be speedily dismissed.
“Essentially a one-day hearing should give the plaintiffs the opportunity to make whatever case they believe they have, a case we believe is nonexistent,” Gaona said during Tuesday’s virtual hearing.
Gaona argued before the judge that a peaceful transfer of power would be disrupted if Hobbs is not inaugurated in as governor of Arizona by early January. Due to term restrictions, the current Republican governor, Doug Ducey, will leave office soon.
Bryan Blehm, the attorney, pleaded with the judge for a brief break so they could thoroughly handle Lake’s case.
“This is a pretty significant factual hearing, your honor,” Blehm said.
“Judge Peter Thompson said he did have some concerns about timing. He scheduled two hours on Monday for oral arguments for the motions to dismiss and set a two-day hearing scheduled for later next week. There appears to be major interest in the case. Tuesday’s hearing was delayed by about half an hour because so many members of the public were trying to log into the virtual courtroom,” KJZZ reported.
According to Fields Moseley, spokesman for Maricopa County, “we look forward to presenting facts about the administration of the 2022 General Election and our work to ensure every legal voter had the chance to cast their ballot.” The courts are the proper venue for handling such claims.
Lake is certain that her lawsuit will succeed and has stated that, if necessary, she is prepared to “take it all the way to the Supreme Court.”
“We’re ready to go with what we believe to be an exceptional lawsuit. And we believe we will be victorious in that lawsuit,” Lake told Steve Bannon on the War Room podcast. “We’ll take it all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to. We will not stop fighting.”
“We’re ready to go with what we believe to be an exceptional lawsuit. And we believe we will be victorious in that lawsuit,” Lake told Real America’s Voice “War Room” host Steve Bannon.
“We’ll take it all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to. We will not stop fighting,” she continued.
Judge John Tuchi of Arizona rendered a ground-breaking ruling this year by dismissing the Lake lawsuit and subsequently fining attorneys for both Mark Finchem and his rival for the position of secretary of state with heavy fines.
“Imposing sanctions, in this case, is not to ignore the importance of putting in place procedures to ensure that our elections are secure and reliable,” Tuchi wrote in his order. “It is to make clear that the Court will not condone litigants ignoring the steps that Arizona has already taken toward this end and furthering false narratives that baselessly undermine public trust at a time of increasing disinformation about, and distrust in, the democratic process.
“It is to send a message to those who might file similarly baseless suits in the future,” Tuchi’s order noted further.
This has the smell of rotting fish left out in the sun. To expedite for convenience is ludicrous and a crushing blow to democracy as we know it.
This election needs to be redone. We need to stop this nonsense,
I truly wonder if this is a Soros approved Judge.