The judge dismisses Carrie Lake and defeats the Arizona gubernatorial candidate and Trump’s protege

He fired an Arizona judge on Saturday citing insufficient evidence for the Republican Curry Lakeprotected from Donald Trump And the failed candidate for governor of this southern state, in her attempt to reverse the results of the November elections. The court did not findClear and convincing evidence of professional misconductThat could have had an impact on the outcome of the election as advanced by Carrie Lake, Justice Peter Thompson points out in his decision. “In order to restore confidence and honesty in our elections, I will appeal this decisionCurry Lake’s reaction on Twitter.

The former anchor, who lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by a margin of 17,117 votes, as detailed in the court document, claimed in particular that problems with ballot printing in Maricopa County, the most populous in Arizona that includes the capital, Phoenix, was deliberate with the purpose of staging his defeat. “The court cannot accept conjecture or conjecture in lieu of clear and convincing evidenceJudge Thompson insisted, who also confirmed Mrs. Hobbs’ victory.

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The governor’s polling process was disrupted by technical problems affecting the machines responsible for reading or printing ballots at about 60 polling stations in Maricopa County, but authorities maintained that this did not prevent voters from voting. The latter were able to go to other offices, or deposit their ballots in secure boxes.

Carrie Lake, a Trump symbolic figure, refused when the results made it clear that she would accept the ballot result. person claiming the titleTrump in a petticoatRemoved by the left, she also regularly shares a theoryElectoral fraudthat the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him by Donald Trump, despite insufficient evidence.