There's no way to stop election deniers, conspiracy quacks and Trump sycophants from spreading BS about the safety and security of Arizona's elections.
A court of law is not the same thing. The district court judge proved that. He dismissed the lawsuit when it was brought that sought to have all Arizona counties require paper ballots and conduct a hand count of all the votes.
Last week, Tuchi ordered sanctions against the attorneys. There are a lot of highlights in the 30-page ruling by Judge Tuchi.
He said that Lake and Finchem requested relief with false, misleading, and speculative allegations.
He said, "Any objectively reasonable investigation of this case would have led to publicly available and widely circulating information conflicting with the claims made by Lake, Finchem and their lawyers."
The lawyers acted recklessly and vexatiously, according to him.
Federal courts prefer facts over the internet. They want to know the truth.
The judge believes that the judicial system should not be used to cast doubt on the electoral process.
Lake expected to fight in court as advisers debated strategy.
Stephen Richer, a Republican who is not a Trump cultist, said on the internet that Lake and Finchem could have known their claims were not true.
It is all that is left.
Lake isn't interested in knowing.
She is spending a lot of time with Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago, where the former president has turned election denying and false conspiracy into a gold mine by getting gullible rubes of all income and education levels to send him money.
Lake is spending time and money with lawsuits.
The judge said in his ruling that those willing to give her legal counsel might be wise to think about what he said. The lawyers lost money because of the sanctions imposed on them. Bar complaints are also a possibility. Disbarment even.
Judges are tired of lawsuits that undermine public trust at a time when distrust in the democratic process is increasing. He imposed sanctions due to that.
He said it was to send a message to those who might file similar suits.
Montini can be reached at ed.montini.
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The original article was on the Arizona Republic. Is that the beginning of a trend?
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