Maricopa County election officials moved to an undisclosed location due to security concerns after the midterm elections. Maricopa County Superintendent Bill Gates said Sunday after workers at the Arizona County election office faced escalating death threats and found it increasingly difficult to do their jobs. Gates, a Republican, has been particularly outraged as a vocal critic of the false election claims that fueled Trump’s denial of the 2020 election. facing. Kari Lake lost to Democratic challenger Katie Hobbs. So far, Lake has refused to acknowledge the race. On Monday, hours before she was expected to lose, Lake’s campaign attorney called Maricopa County to tell the offices of “a lot of irate people out there” that their campaign was “in control.” I can’t,” he reportedly warned. Washington PostAnd just last week he was seen throwing insults at Gates during a meeting of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors – reportedly on Lake’s orders. Fox10.
