Kari Lake deletes tweet against judge who dismissed her election lawsuit
Cami Mondeaux
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Failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake deleted a tweet accusing an Arizona judge of being biased after he dismissed a lawsuit challenging her loss to Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the midterm elections.
The tweet, posted on Monday morning, accused Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson of being influenced by a law firm representing Hobbs in writing his lawsuit dismissal. Hobbs cited the tweet in her request to the judge to sanction Lake and her legal team for making more false accusations against Maricopa County election officials.
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“The Dismissal of Kari Lake’s Election Lawsuit Shows Voter Disenfranchisement No Longer Matters @Rach_IC:”Legal experts believe his decision [by Judge Thompson] was ghostwritten, they suspect top left-wing attorneys like Marc Elias emailed him what to say,” the now-deleted tweet said.
Lake’s campaign defended the tweet, arguing that the Republican candidate simply shared the post rather than writing it herself, according to court filings. The original tweet was posted by author Rachel Alexander, who shared an opinion article she wrote that suggested Thompson was guilty of ghostwriting.
“Tweets, especially those authored by others, do not support sanctions under Arizona law,” Lake’s campaign wrote to the judge.
Marc Elias, head of the election law firm Elias Law Group, which represents Hobbs, responded to the tweet, denouncing the accusations as false.
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“I’ve had a lot of lies told about me today — more than usual,” Elias tweeted. “More than even after the 2020 election. I always first point them out and ask for them to be deleted. Honorable people do so. But, the people still lying about me are doing it on purpose. But I’m done. Goodnight.”
A spokesperson for Hobbs declined to comment on Lake’s retweet of Alexander’s story, pointing the Washington Examiner instead to a previous statement praising the dismissal of Lake’s lawsuit. The Washington Examiner reached out to Lake’s campaign for comment.