Kari Lake’s Counsel Sanctioned for False Claims in Election Suit

Alan Dershowitz and other counsel for failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake were sanctioned for making false and unsupported assertions in a lawsuit seeking to change the state’s voting mechanisms ahead of the 2022 election.

Judge John J. Tuchi of the US District Court for the District of Arizona granted a Rule 11 sanctions request by Maricopa County, which argued that Lake’s claims were “unfounded, asserted without a reasonable inquiry, and asserted for an improper purpose.” Lake and Arizona House Member Mark Finchem (R) filed suit in April, seeking to prohibit the use of electronic voting machines in Arizona’s ...