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A state judge in Arizona on Tuesday denied a request by Maricopa County and Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs to sanction Republican Kari Lake for unfounded election fraud claims after her lawsuit to overturn her loss against the Democrat was dismissed.
Arizona Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson, who rejected Ms. Lake’s lawsuit, ruled that while she failed to prove her case of election malfeasance, the allegations were not made in bad faith.
Ms. Lake “failed to meet the burden of clear and convincing evidence required,” he wrote in his decision, but that “does not equate to a finding that her claims were, or were not, groundless and presented in bad faith,” as Ms. Hobbs and Maricopa County previously had argued in filings of their own.
“The judge slapped down Hobbs and Elias’s despicable attempt at recrimination,” Ms.
