Arizona lawyers: Kari Lake election loss lawsuit lacks merit

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https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-politics-arizona-katie-hobbs-d5d05d7359698db2c166909467d719f8?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_05

Arizona lawyers: Kari Lake election loss lawsuit lacks merit

By JACQUES BILLEAUD
December 23, 2022

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake didn’t offer evidence to back her claims of widespread, intentional misconduct on Election Day at her two-day trial challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona governor’s race, lawyers for the state said Thursday.

Lake also never established her claim that printer problems at Maricopa County polling places were intentional acts that would have changed the race’s outcome had they not occurred, said Abha Khanna, a lawyer representing Hobbs, who ultimately won the race by just over 17,000 votes. At the trial’s closing arguments Thursday, Khanna said Lake’s claims were based on hearsay, speculation and theatrics. “What we got instead was just loose threads and gaping plot holes. We know now that her story was a work of fiction,” Khanna said.

Kurt Olsen, one of Lake’s attorneys, said officials tried to downplay the effects of the printer problems in Maricopa County. “This is about trust, your honor,” Olsen said. “It’s about restoring people’s trust. There is not a person that’s watching this thing that isn’t shaking their head now.”

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. FACTS and PROOF, not theories, MATTER in Courts of Law.

All Kari Lake presented were theories, not actual FACTS and PROOF.

Bye, bye, Kari. L.O.S.E.R.......

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. I think Qari knew this ploy wasn't going to work, it's more about burnishing her image w/MAGAts

AND an attempt to hobble Hobbs when she takes office, delegitimize her, get the media to constantly refer to her 'controversial election', etc.

It's all Trump's playbook, really.