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Judge sanctions Lake lawyers over claim

John Tuchi Kari Lake Alan Dershowitz Arizona Donald Trump Katie Hobbs Kurt Olsen Lawsuit Mark Finchem
Republican candidate for Arizona Governor Kari Lake holds up a sledgehammer as she speaks to supporters that are waiting around as ballots continue to be counted during her primary election night gathering at the Double Tree Hotel on August 03, 2022 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A federal judge in Arizona on Thursday ordered sanctions against lawyers representing failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem over their baseless lawsuit against Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and two county government boards.

While the attorneys being sanctioned were not named in Thursday's order, Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz is listed as Lake's lead attorney, according to the court docket. Attorneys Andrew Parker, Jesse Hersch Kibort, and Joseph Alan Pull of Minneapolis, as well as Kurt Olsen of Washington, D.C. also make up Lake's legal team.

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