(Washington) An Arizona judge dismissed on Saturday, due to lack of evidence, Republican Kari Lake, Donald Trump’s protege and unsuccessful candidate for governor of this southern state, in his attempt to reverse the results of the election. of November.
The court did not find “clear and convincing evidence of professional misconduct” which would have had an impact on the result of the election as argued by Mme Lake, said Judge Peter Thompson in his decision.
“In order to restore trust and honesty in our elections, I will appeal this decision,” reacted Kari Lake on Twitter.
The former anchor who lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by a margin of 17,117 votes, as detailed in the court document, claimed in part that issues printing ballots in Arizona’s most populous Maricopa County and which includes the capital city of Phoenix, had been intentional with the purpose of orchestrating his defeat.
“The court cannot accept speculation or conjecture in place of clear and convincing evidence,” insisted Judge Thompson, who also confirmed Ms.me Hobbs.
The gubernatorial ballot had been disrupted by technical problems affecting the machines responsible for reading or printing the ballots in about 60 polling places in Maricopa County, but the authorities had assured that this had not prevented voters to vote.
The latter had been able to go to other offices, or deposit their ballots in secure boxes.
An emblematic figure of Trumpism, Kari Lake, 53, refused when the results were announced to clearly indicate that she would accept the outcome of the ballot.
The one who claims the nickname of “Trump in a petticoat” which the left has decked her out, also regularly shares the theory of “electoral fraud” launched by Donald Trump, that the presidential election of 2020 would have been stolen from him, despite the lack of evidence.