The legal group plans to file a lawsuit against four attorneys representing Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who lost a baseless voter fraud lawsuit.

Federal judges have already imposed sanctions But new complaints from The 65 Project, a group targeting lawyers who make illegal election fraud allegations in court, mean they could face suspension or disqualification.

65 project told NBC News In Minnesota and Maryland, Lake Attorneys Jesse Kiboldt, Joseph Pull, Andrew Parker, licensed to practice law in Minnesota, and Kurt Olsen, licensed in Maryland filed a complaint with an attorney against

Attorneys represented Lake and Mark Finkem, the unsuccessful Republican candidates for Arizona’s secretary of state in April. rice field.

“This was… [a] It was a pre-planned and coordinated effort to disrupt and claim fraud even before the Arizona election even began,” Michael Teter, managing director of The 65 Project, told NBC. told to

Submitted by a bipartisan non-profit organization dozens of complaints In the past year alone, against lawyers including Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz, who is listed as an attorney in the Lake lawsuit.

Teter told NBC they hoped their complaints would lead to the suspension or disqualification of Lake’s attorneys and prevent future alleged election fraud lawsuits.

“I saw hundreds of election naysayers run and lose across the country, but very few filed lawsuits after losing,” he told the outlet. I think it’s partly due to the effort.”

Lake in December shared that finding an attorney for her case has been difficult.

“Some lawyers left because the left threatened their ability to make a living and practice the law.” she said“And some of our lawyers said, ‘Look, I have a mouth to feed. I can’t do this lawsuit. I don’t want to be sanctioned.'” I said, ‘I’ll take anyone. I’ve gotten to the point where I said, “I’m bringing ‘Better Call Saul’ with me to come here.” ”

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The complaint against Lake’s attorneys came after Arizona’s chief election administrator asked the attorney general to investigate Lake for potential campaign violations involving disclosure of voter signatures.

The candidate’s tweet on Jan. 23 included an image containing the signatures of 16 voters. According to a letter obtained by Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Washington Postthe tweet violated state law, including public inspection of voter registration records.

The law states that records containing a voter’s signature “must not be accessed or reproduced by anyone other than the voter,” and Fontes writes that violating the law is a felony.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson Ordered Lake to pay a $33,000 fee To cover the costs of expert witnesses hired by her Democratic opponent, Governor Katie Hobbs.

But despite legal troubles and public relations turmoil, Lake hasn’t stopped announcing that he’s considering running for public office again. This time he’s running for the Arizona Senate in 2024.

Lake also recently scheduled a campaign-style event in Iowa, the state where the Republican Party nominates its next presidential candidate.

‘Here’s your headline: Kari Lake is on the road to war,’ Lake said in interview new york times Early this month.

During the interview, Lake also attacked Sen. Kirsten Cinema (who recently became an independent after leaving the Democratic Party in December) and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, also running for Senate. She called both politicians “radical left” and said cinema was “far from independent”.

“Somebody somewhere said she did some brave things. Well, she should do brave things here every day,” Lake said of cinema. If you’re lucky, you should act bravely every day when you show up in Washington, DC.”

Lake attacked Gallego, calling him a socialist and criticizing him for not doing more to “talk about injustice” to people of color in his district of Phoenix. It referred to complaints by Galloway.

Other prominent Arizona Republicans include Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, businessman Jim Lamon, former Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters, and Karin Taylor, who lost the gubernatorial primary against Lake. Robson and others have said they are considering campaigning for the Senate.