The Arizona Supreme Court has issued sanctions against a lawyer for Kari Lake, the 2022 election gubernatorial candidate.
The court says the attorney made "unequivocally false" statements that more than 35,000 ballots that were unaccounted for were added to the total number of ballots in Maricopa County.
"As the Court of Appeals observed, Lake’s argument was focused on one exhibit that included an estimate of the number of early ballot packets based on the number of trays and a different exhibit showing a precise count. Although Lake may have permissibly argued that an inference could be made that some ballots were added, there is no evidence that 35,563 ballots were and, more to the point here, this was certainly disputed by the Respondents.
Because Lake’s attorney has made false factual statements to the Court, we conclude that the extraordinary remedy of a sanction under ARCAP 25 is appropriate."The Arizona Supreme Court has not yet ruled on anHobbs won the Arizona gubernatorial race with 1,287,891 votes over Lake's 1,270,774 votes.
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