Arizona judge rejects Kari Lake’s final 2022 election lawsuit
In a ruling Monday May 22nd an Arizona judge rejected the final lawsuit brought forth by Republican Kari Lake, affirming Democrat Katie Hobbs as the rightful victor in Arizona’s recent gubernatorial election. In the ruling Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson found that Lake’s team failed to present, “clear and convincing evidence or a preponderance of evidence” that misconduct was committed in last fall’s Arizona election. Lake, who was also a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump’s lies regarding the 2020 election,
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp urges Republicans to move on from election fraud claims: ‘2020 is ancient history’
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp recently advised Republicans to move on from the 2020 presidential election. At a private Republican National Committee donor retreat in Nashville Kemp emphasized this saying, “not a single swing voter in a single swing state will vote for our nominee if they choose to talk about the 2020 election being stolen.” Kemp’s advice is at odds with many comments from the current GOP frontrunner for 2024, former president Donald Trump, who has continued to repeatedly air his grievances regarding the
GOP-controlled Arizona House votes to expel Republican representative
State Representative Liz Harris was expelled from the Arizona House of Representatives for ethics violations after inviting a conspiracy theorist to publicly testify before lawmakers earlier this year. Harris had invited Jaqueline Breger to testify before the legislature. Once she arrived Breger proceeded to state a number of lies in attacks against public officials, including Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs. Forty-six representatives voted to remove Harris from her elected position with thirteen opposed, meeting a two-thirds threshold to expel the lawmaker. Visit CNN to learn moreImage
Trump and GOP attempt to reverse course on mail-in voting ahead of 2024
Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans are working to change course on mail-in voting ahead of next year's presidential and congressional elections. At the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month Trump told attendees specifically that it is time to “change our thinking” on early and mail in voting. This comes after years of Trump and his allies claiming mail in voting is riddled with fraud. Visit CNN to learn moreImage Credit:Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (Public Domain Mark 1.0)
Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election are false and is censured by judge
A disciplinary judge in Colorado has censured Jenna Ellis, one of Donald Trump’s top attorneys, for boosting the former president's misinformation regarding the 2020 presidential election. Ellis has signed a stipulation stating that multiple comments she made about the 2020 election violated professional ethics rules barring reckless, knowing or intentional misrepresentations by attorneys. Within the signed stipulation, several of the highlighted false statements were comments made by Ellis on social media, and in television appearances, claiming that the Trump campaign had evidence that the