Judge Declines to Sanction Kari Lake in Election Case

A judge issued a ruling denying sanctions requested by attorneys for Maricopa County against GOP candidate Kari Lake after her latest legal challenge was rejected.
Maricopa County officials were seeking penalties against Lake and her attorneys after a Maricopa County judge, Peter Thompson, rejected her case challenging signature-verification rules that were implemented by the county during last year’s midterm elections. While asking Thompson to determine the amount that should be sanctioned, the Maricopa lawyers also requested reimbursement of attorney fees and other costs connected to Lake’s challenge.
But Thompson denied the request for sanctions and the petition for reimbursement on May 26, coming days after County Attorney Rachel Mitchell filed a motion for sanctions last week. It came about a day after Thompson ruled that Lake did not prove her claim that county officials didn’t verify tens of thousands of signatures on mail-in ballots….}