Phoenix (3TV/CBS 5) — Just two days after a Maricopa County judge ruled to dismiss GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s election lawsuit, the county itself and the Arizona Secretary of State’s office called her and hers a frivolous lawsuit. seeks sanctions against the lawyers of

Last weekend, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson ruled that there was no clear evidence of wrongdoing by the county that Lake claimed influenced the outcome of the 2022 general election.

Lake’s attorneys focused on ballot printer issues at several polling places in Maricopa County, home to more than 60% of Arizona’s voters. Ballots produced by faulty printers were too thin to be read by on-site counters at polling stations. Amid the chaos, lines retreated in some areas. Lake’s attorney also alleged that the chain of ballot storage was broken at an off-site facility where contractors scanned mail ballots and prepared them for processing.

After the ruling, Judge Tomp ordered sanctions documents to be submitted by 8:00 a.m. Monday morning. One motion seeks approximately $37,000 in Hobbes and county attorneys’ fees.

Lake’s attorneys responded to the sanctions motion, asking that the court dismiss Hobbes’ motion. According to court documents, Lake’s attorney wrote that her allegations were “substantiated, raised in good faith, and in the public interest.” The documents also state that Hobbes’ attorney’s allegations of sanctions were “not supported by case law or the record,” and that the overall litigation “stretches confidence in the electoral process by punishing those who make valid claims as plaintiffs.” I do not support the ,” he stressed. [Lake] it was here

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