Arizona's Democratic governor-elect Katie Hobbs and officials in the state's largest county asked a court to sanction defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake over her "unfounded attacks" against election officials.
Maricopa County Judge Peter Thompson on Saturday rejected Lake's lawsuit that challenged the counting and certification of the November election in which Lake lost by roughly 17,000 votes. Lake had asked the court to throw out the election results and declare her the winner.
