Arizona GOP May Face Sanctions for Filing Lawsuit Contradicted by Audit, Judge Suggests [View all]
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Arizona GOP May Face Sanctions for Filing Lawsuit Contradicted by Audit, Judge Suggests
ADAM KLASFELD Dec 22nd, 2020, 2:09 pm
The Arizona Republican Party could face court sanctions for filing a lawsuit even though the state's audit debunked its allegations, a judge suggested in a ruling tossing the case.
"What exactly the Arizona Republican Party and its attorney knew or had reason to know about the status of hand count audit, at the time of filing the complaint, will be an issue on the application for attorneys' fees," Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John R. Hannah, Jr. wrote in a footnote of a 13-page ruling on Monday.
"The Republican Party appears to have had constructive knowledge, at least, of facts that contradicted the allegations in the complaint," he added.
The Arizona GOP's chairwoman Kelli Ward fought and lost multiple lawsuits trying to topple President-elect Joe Biden's victory in her state, before appearing to lose faith in democracy as a form of government in a tweet urging outgoing President Donald Trump to "cross the Rubicon."
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"The Republican Party appears to have had constructive knowledge, at least, of facts that contradicted the allegations in the complaint."
An Arizona judge entertaining sanctions against the state's GOP, whose chair urged Trump to "cross the Rubicon."
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