AZ Judge Rules Against Sanctions For Vaseline Woman

CNN reports:  

A Maricopa County judge on Tuesday ordered Kari Lake to compensate Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs for some legal fees related to the election lawsuit Lake had brought challenging her loss, but he stopped short of sanctioning Lake for filing the lawsuit.

Attorneys for Hobbs – the current secretary of state – had charged that Lake and her lawyers knew their challenges to the election could not be substantiated, which would violate legal ethic rules.

The judge did not agree. “The Court finds that Plaintiff’s claims presented in this litigation were not groundless and brought in bad faith,” he wrote on Tuesday.

Read the full article. Lake must pay Hobbs $33,040.50.

Three days after a judge rejected Kari Lake’s election challenge in the Arizona race for governor, a judge in Maricopa County has ordered her to compensate her opponent, Katie Hobbs, but stopped short of sanctioning Lake for filing the lawsuit. https://t.co/DwbvtprFvG

— CNN (@CNN) December 28, 2022