BREAKING NEWS: Kari Lake’s election fraud case WILL go to trial: Republican tells America to ‘buckle up’ as she fights to overturn Arizona election result and warns Democrat Gov Katie Hobbs that ‘this is far from over’
- Election Denier Kari Lake, 53, was the Republican nominee for governor in Arizona and has launched legal action to have her defeat overturned
- She told her followers on Monday night: ‘Buckle up, this is far from over’
- ‘I’m not going to stand down,’ she told conservatives in Phoenix yesterday
- Lake says that election day problems with printers cost her victory last month
Kari Lake‘s election case will be going to trial, after attempts to throw it out by Governor elect Katie Hobbs were squashed on Monday.
Lake was the Republican nominee for governor in Arizona and has launched legal action to have her defeat overturned or have the election rerun because of problems at polling stations.
The two phases that will be moving forward to trial are her chain of custody challenges and intentional malice regarding widespread printer breakdowns – leading to her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs.
She tweeted this evening: ‘Our Election Case is going to trial. Katie Hobbs attempt to have our case thrown out FAILED. She will have to take the stand & testify. Buckle up, America. This is far from over.’
Kari Lake ‘s election case will be going to trial, the Republican revealed in a tweet Monday, shortly after attempts to throw it out by Governor elect Katie Hobbs were squashed
Hobbs, the official winner of last month’s gubernation election, attempted to throw out Lake’s bid a hearing Monday morning in Maricopa County Superior Court – but now, according to Lake, the Democrat will have to take the stand and testify in an upcoming trial
The brazen assertion from the election denier – who argues election day problems with printers cost her victory – came after she assured supporters at a gathering of conservatives in Phoenix: ‘I’m not going to stand down. These people are corrupt.’
The outspoken Republican – who has been outspoken in her belief that the 2020 Presidential Election was ‘stolen’ from former President Donald Trump – to take her fight all the way to the Supreme Court if she has to.
Hobbs, 52, attempted to throw out Lake’s bid a hearing Monday morning in Maricopa County Superior Court – but now, according to Lake, the Democrat will have to take the stand and testify in the upcoming trial.
Lake’s lawsuit contends that machines tabulating votes on election day ‘intentionally’ malfunctioned, leading to her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs.
Lake, 53, alleges that a Maricopa County official interfered with the machines, violating both federal and state law.
Lake, who also argued against the results of the 2020 Presidential Eleciton – tweeted this evening: ‘Our Election Case is going to trial. Katie Hobbs attempt to have our case thrown out FAILED. She will have to take the stand & testify. Buckle up, America. This is far from over’
She is now tasked with proving that the tampering, did, in fact, take place, and that the machines and the printer malfunctions directly caused her to lose votes. Officially, Lake lost to Hobbs, who had served as Arizona’s 21st secretary of state before her win, by more than 17,000 votes.
On Monday evening, Maricopa County Judge Peter A. Thompson heard Lake’s lawsuit for the first time, dismissing eight out of 10 claims in the 13-page filing.
That said, two claims that weren’t dismissed – counts two and four – which alleged machine tabulator issues led to her loss, as well as alleged omissions regarding the ballot chain of custody.
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