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brooklynite

(95,069 posts)
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:03 PM May 2023

Kari Lake's latest exercise in banging her head against the wall is on live.

Trial begins over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s race

A three-day trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday over the only remaining legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat six months ago to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor’s race.

The former TV anchor was among the most vocal of last year’s Republican candidates promoting former President Donald Trump’s election lies, which she made the centerpiece of her campaign.

While most other election deniers around the country conceded after losing their races in November, Lake did not. She lost to Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes.

Courts have dismissed most of her lawsuit, but the Arizona Supreme Court revived one claim that challenges the implementation of signature verification procedures on early ballots in Maricopa County, home to more than 60% of the state’s voters.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trial-begins-kari-lakes-challenge-loss-arizona-governors-99382177
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Kari Lake's latest exercise in banging her head against the wall is on live. (Original Post) brooklynite May 2023 OP
Lake has to prove that no signature verification happened AZSkiffyGeek May 2023 #1
That would have seemed to not go well for Lake. marble falls May 2023 #2
The second witness was an even bigger shitshow AZSkiffyGeek May 2023 #3
I've always loved AZ politics. My dad and brothers and sister still live there. I took the next ... marble falls May 2023 #4
They're starting back up AZSkiffyGeek May 2023 #5
This just keeps getting better AZSkiffyGeek May 2023 #6
Haven't any of these lunatics ever considered speaking with a lawyer? ... marble falls May 2023 #7

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,171 posts)
1. Lake has to prove that no signature verification happened
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:05 PM
May 2023

Her first witness gave a detailed description of what she did to verify signatures....

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,171 posts)
3. The second witness was an even bigger shitshow
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:11 PM
May 2023

They were trying to use some Lindell stooge as an expert witness on signature verification without getting him admitted as an expert. Ended up only being able to get him to testify that he made a public records request.

marble falls

(57,647 posts)
4. I've always loved AZ politics. My dad and brothers and sister still live there. I took the next ...
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:15 PM
May 2023

... step down, I moved to Texas.

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,171 posts)
6. This just keeps getting better
Wed May 17, 2023, 05:07 PM
May 2023

Lake's latest witness testified about capturing and storing all video from the county election center dating back to 2021.
May be a felony if they have any election data and the judge had to warn the witness she may be admitting to it.

marble falls

(57,647 posts)
7. Haven't any of these lunatics ever considered speaking with a lawyer? ...
Wed May 17, 2023, 06:37 PM
May 2023

... "And how did you know elections laws were being broken, Miss Jones?"
"Well, I broke them ... I couldn't have been the only one!"

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