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An Arizona choose on Saturday rejected Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s lawsuit trying to overturn her defeat, concluding that there wasn’t clear or convincing proof of misconduct, and affirming the victory of Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs.
Lake, who misplaced to Hobbs by about 17,000 votes in November, sued in an effort to overturn the election. Maricopa County Superior Court docket Decide Peter Thompson allowed a two-day trial on a few of Lake’s claims, which concluded late Thursday afternoon.
Lake constructed her candidacy on her help for former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread election fraud within the 2020 presidential election. She has since falsely claimed to have gained final month’s election.
Technical specialists who testified in help of Lake offered evaluation that “doesn’t practically method the diploma of precision” wanted to conclude that the election outcomes have been tainted, the choose dominated.
After the election, Lake falsely claimed {that a} mishap with some printers in Maricopa County was a part of a deliberate effort to rig the vote towards her. However the choose’s ruling famous that Lake’s “personal witness testified earlier than this Court docket that … printer failures have been largely the results of unexpected mechanical failure.”
In a tweet after the ruling, Lake mentioned she would attraction the choice, “for the sake of restoring religion and honesty in our elections.”
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