(NewsNation) — Arizona Governor-elect Katie Hobbs is asking a court to sanction her Republican opponent Kari Lake for filing a lawsuit challenging the election results, arguing Lake’s claim was a “frivolous pursuit.”
Lake, a conservative candidate who echoed former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud in 2020, challenged the results of the midterm election after she lost by 17,000 votes. In her lawsuit, she claimed election officials in Maricopa County intentionally tampered with printers on Election Day causing the ballots to be unreadable. A judge threw out eight of the 10 counts and on Saturday ruled against Lake on the other two counts following a trial last week.
Hobbs joined a motion by Maricopa County Monday for sanctions on Lake and her attorneys in which the county’s deputy attorney Thomas P. Liddy wrote Lake filed a “groundless” lawsuit, according to court records.
“Enough really is enough,” Liddy wrote in the motion. “It is past time to end unfounded attacks on elections and unwarranted accusations against elections officials.”
Prior to the election, Lake refused to say she would accept the results and has accused Maricopa County officials of being incompetent. She had asked the judge to declare her the winner or order a revote.
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