Maricopa County Judge Katie Hobbs Asks for Sanctions Against Karilake, Her Lawyers

The Arizona Secretary of State’s office and Maricopa County on Monday petitioned a judge to sanction GOP candidate Kari Lake After her election-related lawsuit against the government was rejected over weekend.

The two parties filed a lawsuit on Monday motion In Maricopa County Superior Court against Lake, and her legal team.

“Courts are established by Arizona’s Constitution and statutes to resolve actual disputes between parties,” Thomas P. Liddy, Maricopa County Deputy Attorney, wrote Monday in a 15 page memo.pdfAsk Judge Peter Thompson for the sanction and attorney fees. “They do not exist so that candidates for political office can attempt to make political statements and fundraise. And they should not be used to harass political opponents and sow completely unfounded doubts about the integrity of elections. All of those things happened in this matter.”

Hobbs’s legal team joined the motion for sanctions, according to court documents.

“Enough really is enough. It is past time to end unfounded attacks on elections and unwarranted accusations against elections officials,” It also contained the following words. “This matter was brought without any legitimate justification, let alone a substantial one.”

In the memo, it was also stated that Lake “and her counsel doubled down with the present action … this Court should sanction both lawyers and client under [Arizona law] to impart to them the seriousness of their misuse of the courts to seek to undermine Arizona elections and impugn hardworking elections workers and officials for purely political – not legal – purposes.”

Lake must pay $25,050 to Hobbs and Maricopa County for their attorney fees.

The Epoch Times has contacted Lake’s team for comment. The GOP candidate hasn’t yet provided a response to the court.

Rejected

On Dec. 24, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson tossed Lake’s lawsuit that asserted there were election-related problems across Maricopa County on