The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Aug. 7, 2023
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Notable court cases brought by Arizona election deniers during and after the 2022 midterms have had decisions in the last few weeks. It didn’t go well for the election deniers.
KJZZ reports that last month, a federal court ordered the legal team for former gubernatorial candidate and Trump acolyte, Kari Lake, to pay $122,000 in sanctions. The judge found that Lake’s lawyers made false claims in a frivolous lawsuit attempting to block the use of ballot tabulating machines in the November 2022 elections. Most of the case was dismissed in August 2022, and the final claim in December.
Another of Lake’s cases which claimed irregularities in Maricopa county, was also dismissed as baseless earlier this year. Sanctions were requested by the county attorney, but waived by the judge. Lake’s not done, however. July 14th, she appealed the Maricopa County decision to the Arizona Supreme Court.
Then last week, fellow Arizona election denier and former candidate for Secretary of State Mark Finchem, dropped his appeal of his midterm loss, but not the appeal of the $48,000 in sanctions for pursuing a case with no legal merit.
We have links to the great local reporting on these cases at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. For the American Democracy Minute, I’m Brian Beihl. Find us on Facebook @AmericanDemocracyMinute.
Today’s Links
Articles & Resources:
Fox 10 Phoenix – Sanctions sought for Kari Lake following latest 2022 election lawsuit defeat: Here’s what you should know
KJZZ – Judge sanctions legal team for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem
KJZZ – Attorneys for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem fined more than $120,000 by federal judge
SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA MARICOPA COUNTY – KARI LAKE v. KATIE HOBBS, et al.
Arizona Mirror – Kari Lake asks Supreme Court to overturn her loss, let her skip the appeals process
Arizona Mirror – Richer sues Lake for defamation
12 News Phoeinix – Judge dismisses Mark Finchem’s lawsuit challenging election results
Arizona’s Law Blog – Mark Finchem DROPS His Election Contest Appeal; Still Appealing Sanctions, Though
Arizona Supreme Court – Kari Lake’s July 14th Appeal
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