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  • ‘Chaos will be created’: Arizona court hears election-subversion case – with eyes on 2024

    Implications of the lawsuit could extend beyond Cochise county, if local officials try similar tactics in NovemberIn a courtroom in Phoenix, Arizona, two elected officials who allegedly tried to subvert the county’s 2022 election tried to get a lawsuit against them thrown out in a case one of their defense attorneys called both “silly” and “scary”.The Cochise county supervisors, Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, appeared in court virtually, to defend themselves against charges of attempted election...

  • 'Sweet baby moo cows!' Kari Lake appeal goes off the rails as judge scolds her lawyer

    Failed Trump-backed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake had her day in appellate court on Thursday, where judges in Tucson reviewed her election challenge from 2022 — and it didn't go well for her, reported Arizona legal analysts Paul Weich and Tom Ryan, who chronicled the oral argument in a lengthy thread on X.Kurt Olsen, the attorney for Lake who recently came under bar investigation for his conduct in litigating the election challenges, was repeatedly challenged by the three-judge panel...