Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County Ask Judge for Sanctions Against Kari Lake, Her Lawyers

The Epoch Times ^ | December 26, 2022 Updated: December 26, 2022 | Jack Phillips

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Arizona Secretary of State’s office and Maricopa County on Monday petitioned a judge to sanction GOP candidate Kari Lake after her election-related lawsuit was rejected over the weekend.

On Monday, the two parties filed a motion in the Maricopa County Superior Court against Lake and her legal team.

“Courts are established by Arizona’s Constitution and statutes to resolve actual disputes between parties,” Maricopa County Deputy Attorney Thomas P. Liddy wrote Monday in a 15-page memo (pdf), asking Judge Peter Thompson for the sanctions and attorneys fees. “They do not exist so that candidates for political office can attempt to make political statements and fundraise. And they should not be used to harass political opponents and sow completely unfounded doubts about the integrity of elections. All of those things happened in this matter.”

Hobbs’s legal team joined the motion for sanctions, according to court documents.

“Enough really is enough. It is past time to end unfounded attacks on elections and unwarranted accusations against elections officials,” the memo also said. “This matter was brought without any legitimate justification, let alone a substantial one.”

The memo also asserted that Lake “and her counsel doubled down with the present action … this Court should sanction both lawyers and client under [Arizona law] to impart to them the seriousness of their misuse of the courts to seek to undermine Arizona elections and impugn hardworking elections workers and officials for purely political – not legal – purposes.”

The motion asks that Lake pay $25,050 in attorney fees for Hobbs and Maricopa County.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Democrats should be required to pay when their lawfare loses.

As if.

[patriot torch]

These corrupt dirt bags operate in a manner that would make drug cartels envious!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Townhall columnist speculated that that the judge got orders emailed from Marc Elias.

[AndyJackson]

She is asking for over $500,000 for Marc Elias

https://twitter.com/barnes_law/status/1607530155542560773

[Shady]

I wouldn’t doubt it.

[T-Bird45]

Wonder if Tom Liddy’s daddy, G. Gordon, would approve?

[kiryandil]

The Democrat Party has The Blue Wall in the states that they own, and in the counties that they own, they have The Stooge Wall.

[kiryandil]

G. Gordon would have punched him in his Fascist stooge mouth.

[SuperLuminal]

Vicious communist bastards!

The Communist Purge Continues To Grow Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!

”In your face” is our communist masters' favorite tool to rattle the chains of tyranny that they have wrapped around our necks...

No Big Deal!
Our communist masters know that the pathetically servile and indolent Aamerican people will just continue to roll over and spread their collective cheeks.

[Nextrush]

The G-Man once worked for the FBI but moved on to do other things like the Watergate Burglary for the Richard Nixon campaign. That guy was tough as nails.

But he was obviously with his FBI and political campaign experiences a man who knew how to do dirty operations.

So if his son decides to defend a dirty operation, should we be surprised or stunned.

The father lived to see the 2020 election and its aftermath dying in March of 2021. I wonder what he thought of Trump who was encouraged to run for POTUS by Richard M. Nixon?

[gibsonguy]

Offense. Always stay on offense.

[kiryandil]

The American colonials knew how to deal with Establishment stooge “judges”...

[FR_addict]

His other son was busted for child porn.

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

Haven’t heard squat from the RNC.

Ronna must be too busy spending money that she scammed from her donors.

[Nextrush]

Yes indeed.

[Skywise]

THIS IS BS!
Kari Lake has EVERY RIGHT to contest the election.

Punitive actions against questioning elections just show the totalitarian oppression that is growing in our free country.

SIC SEMPER TYRANUS

[teletech]

This corrupt “judge” will probably agree.

[Irish Eyes]

SIC SEMPER TYRANUS

We can hope.

[whitney69]

What is being asked here to the judge is to block the act of the right by the Constitution to get relief of justice and to opportunity to freedom of speech in how it is done.

“Courts are established by Arizona’s Constitution and statutes to resolve actual disputes between parties...”

Not when you block the investigative actions and public disclosure of possible unconstitutional and legal rights. You just denied the opportunity to accomplish what you say courts are for.

wt69

[Bratch]

Katie Hobbs and Arizona Officials Now Seek Fines and $25,000+ in Judicial Sanctions as Punishment Against Kari Lake

December 26, 2022 | Sundance | 170 Comments

Kari Lake dared to bring a lawsuit against Arizona officials for manipulating the outcome of the 2022 gubernatorial election.  Last Saturday, despite affirming the numerous issues in the election, a Maricopa judge ruled Ms. Lake failed to prove malicious intent for the failed electronic voting systems and broken chain of custody issues.

Without an admission of intent, and without evidence to prove to a demonstrable certainty the errors, mistakes and broken election procedures were intended to influence the election outcome, Judge Peter Thompson ruled against the challenge and asked the defense team to provide him with a list of sanctions against the Lake campaign.

Today, the team of Katie Hobbs asked the court for $25,050 in fines against Kari Lake and other penalties and fines the court may deem necessary to punish the plaintiff for challenging a duly certified election result.  [Today Court Filing Here]

(Via NBC) – […] Hobbs and the county asked for sanctions against Lake and her legal team after an Arizona judge denied Lake’s bid to reverse the results of the November election in a two-day trial. Lake, a prominent election denier and Trump ally, was allowed to go to trial last week with two of her 10 claims, which alleged misconduct with ballot printers and problems with ballot chain of custody.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson denied Lake’s challenge after the trial in a 10-page ruling Saturday. He said the court did not find clear and convincing evidence of misconduct that would have changed the election results. Thompson also noted that the defendants had stated their intention to seek sanctions against Lake and ordered them to file a motion for sanctions by Monday morning.

Attorneys for Hobbs, who has been Arizona’s secretary of state for four years, joined the county in its filing Monday seeking $25,050 from Lake, which includes attorney fees for Hobbs and the state’s most populous county. The county took aim at Lake’s remarks before the election indicating she would not accept the results unless she won, as well as her “groundless” and “frivolous” lawsuit after the election was certified.  (read more)

I’m a little surprised Mrs. Hobbs did not request 1,000 hrs of indentured servitude against Mrs. Lake, whereby the plaintiff would be forced to cook, clean and do other domestic chores for the wounded Mrs. Hobbs. Then again, I probably shouldn’t give them any ideas.  

FUBAR