Yes, Judge Peter A Thompson has ruled from the Maricopa Superior Court of Arizona, that success for Mrs. Kari Lake’s lawsuit was contingent upon her being able to prove malicious intent on behalf of the country election officials. [Read 10-page Ruling HERE]
The Maricopa County officials have denied malicious intent and are afforded great benefit of doubt; after all, the election result was duly certified.
Therefore, absent direct evidence of corrupt intent by the election officials, which would require them to make admissions in court, any certified outcome is considered valid.
Additionally, yes there were multiple documented problems with ballots, tabulators and chain-of-custody violations; and yes, there were multiple simultaneous failures which would have impeded accurate voting by the residents of Arizona; however, the Lake campaign could not quantify to a demonstrable certainty, the exact number of votes that were impacted by the simultaneous collapse of voting systems, processes and ballot control standards.
Absent Mrs. Lakes’ ability to scientifically and empirically quantify the exact number of votes impacted, there is no basis for a judgement in favor of the plaintiff.
Lastly, the defendant has requested that Mrs. Lake be punished by the court for attempting to question the certification of the election as validated by her opponent, the court will consider what punishment to impose and proclaim the sanctions after Monday, December 26, 2022.
[Full Ruling Here]
“Plaintiff has no free-standing right to challenge election results based upon what Plaintiff believes – rightly or wrongly – went awry on Election Day. She must, as a matter of law, prove a ground that the legislature has provided as a basis for challenging an election. …
“[O]ne who would contest an election assumes the burden of showing that his case falls within the terms of the statute providing for election contests.” … “It was Plaintiff’s burden to establish each element by clear and convincing evidence. If Plaintiff herself failed to sustain her burden of proof, the matter is decided.” …
“As far as evidence of misconduct is concerned, the Court finds nothing to substantiate Plaintiff’s claim of intentional misconduct.” … “Plaintiff’s own witness testified before this Court that the BOD printer failures were largely the result of unforeseen mechanical failure.” …
“It bears mentioning that election workers themselves were attested to by both Plaintiff’s witnesses and the Defendants’ witnesses as being dedicated to performing their role with integrity. Not perfectly, as no system on this earth is perfect, but more than sufficient to comply with the law and conduct a valid election.” (LINK)
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The court will now determine what punishment to apply to Mrs Kari Lake.
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we knew the courts were not gonna rule in her favor. Why is this a surprise?
Because when a man’s personal Eternity is at stake, it is just so hard to imagine they will look at the Crux of the Matter and simply take that last step off the Ledge, as if it were any other ordinary step in all their own previous Days of their Life. As it it is the Ordinary and obvious Thing to Do – like any other Breath they drew from the Day they were born.
When they have a Choice right there in their own hand.
Just because in the Split second of taking that step, there is no particular “sensation” of having just made the last Life-Changing Decision that they will ever make.
They don’t even have the expression on their face of Wile E. Coyote having just stepped off the cliff and “The Look” of realizing he is standing in Mid-Air on Nothing at all. Before he drops.
Powerfully said.
How do you prove anything in a two day trial? The fraud is complex, RICO should be used against the County. Rickter has a PAC to defeat Lake. Thats not intent?
Good time for Lake to start a larger movement – MAGA based, election integrity themed, whatever. More prongs attacking the establishment PTB the better. More voices on more media. With Twitter revelations now is an opportune time to strike.
It would be delicious if she marketed as the “hope and change we’ve been waiting for.”
I see signs of more flies in that ointment than seem to be there.
Just for instance without going further than necessary at THIS point, allowing revelations to meander into view on its own two fee…
Several groupings of Turn of Phrase seem to convey the exact same line of thought towards ANY Given Situation. Anything, from giving Warn Warm Greetings to another person one knows so well, to how a Process, or a Recipe is described to someone unfamiliar with that process – or describing how one Feels about Certain Particular People.
Some people have a turn of phrase in the mountain of seemingly similar sentiments, yet a few of them will put something in terms that make a few people’s Ears Prick Up and pay attention to WORDING.
It’s always Fascination to watch and see who Notices the Nuances, that most do not see, and if it is pointed out to them, utterly dismiss, anyway.
These Nuances do not always make a Significant Difference in the ISSUES, but they do continue to make certain people take notice, of some very interesting persons.
Sometimes, it isn’t that someone is or is not a Deep Part of the same desire to see certain goals accomplished the same way, but they definitely have a different Drummer, even though they seem to be keeping to the same beat, as they march together.
What are you babbling?
It’s time to realize and admit that we’re a century past elections as a course correction.
You guys seem to want to ignore how many “political movements” have been started, tried and in most cases used against you.
MAGA, Tea Party, Ron Paul, Perot, Goldwater, etc, etc, etc… You don’t out elect or unelect such tyranny, you kill it!
Principles over lofty morality, our founders understood the difference.
Just a coincidence that this happened primarily to Republicans…nothing to see here.
Oh…but what we do see is more proof of the depth of the infiltration of this evil takeover of America. It’s in the judiciary, throughout the government and its agencies and its 3 letter apparatus. It’s in the media, sports, entertainment, and even in some places has bled into our families. So….I have my doubts about the Supreme Court as well. And we will know early into the New Year where they stand. Then….all that will really be left is what our forefathers left us in the Constitution. Primarily the Second Amendment. I have no trust or faith in the election system any longer…it has been taken over as well. We are kidding ourselves if we think we have 2024. That’s an illusion they want us to believe. By then…it will be too late!
Lake needs to sue the state of Arizona for violating election law, whether intentional or not, and those responsible should be punished accordingly.
They printed ballots on the wrong paper. That’s pretty fargin INTENTIONAL
Apparently this “Judge” thinks he’s gotten himself “NEATLY Off the Hook” with this ruling.
It will be interesting to see his expression when he is confronted with the Full Weight of the Grand Harvest he has arranged for himself – all under his own Personal steam. No help from another living Creature. The Choices were all his own – alone.
I am a pretty old lady, and I noticed that in my lifetime, people grew steadier and more assured that when That Day of Final Reckoning comes to each person, They believe it will be Personal and Private. Isn’t that a peculiar fixation. and how is it that it becomes so comforting to the worst side of us to conjure up such an imagination.
I kept hopium going for Kari Lake and those of us who believe in the US Constitution for our Republic. My head told me that the judge would rule against her but my heart said maybe this time justice will prevail.
Hopium died and our Republic is on it’s last leg. Without taking out these illegal machines there will be no fair elections. It is just not possible. The GOPe can install Ron DeSantis as the 2024 candidate but he will lose. If I were President Trump I’d go back to enjoying my life and all the threats will end. There is no way for success any longer for any GOPe or Conservative candidate. There is no route to 270 electoral votes with the use of machines. The GOPe can try to use the dirty ballot harvesting of the Commie Dems but that won’t matter since they will just change the outcome using algorithyms with the machine software. The unifparty wants it this way and they will destroy the country to accomplish their power and control.
But if DeSantis WINS, then you KNOW the Truth, whether you want to face it OR NOT!
What does the judge have lurking in his background?
We are done as a nation, a state, and a society. As in Europe, we are being invaded by foreigners who do not know the norms of our society and nor do they care to know them. We must conform to their society as we are seeing in Europe. The fundamental change of America promised by Barack the Traitor, who was not raised on Mom and Apple Pie and the Fourth of July, is just about complete. We all will be worse off for it. I am saddened beyond words on this Christmas day. God help us everyone.
She needs to be Trumps VP!
No, she does NOT.
It shouldn’t matter whether the violations were intentional or not. Arizona election law was demonstrably violated in the largest county in the state. And punishment for simply brining a merited lawsuit due to the many irregularities that were known and the fact that people and counties certified the election results under duress. Hobbs threatened criminal prosecution of anyone who refused to certify their results.
Preach. All this is unbelievable. It is unbelievable how brazen their evil is. They’re rubbing it in our faces.
Maricopa county only broke the damn law a little bit!!!
But Plantiff cannot prove that the laws broken tilted the election??
This is not our government of the people anymore. This Judge is a damn traitor to the law. He knows damn well intent does not need to be proven.
No chain of custody, was all that was needed to prove election as illegal.
Failure, even due to either Blindness or INEPTNESS and INABILITY to PROTECT is every bit as damning as Deliberate Intent to Destroy.
Amen!
This “judge” knows perfectly well that Arizona Law does not require you to prove “[malicious] intent” – only that the results are “in doubt.” Which they most certainly are. You don’t have to prove how the deed was done, nor for what reason, nor even by whom. You need prove only that it was done.
But, Lake had to expect that she would not win the first round. This has to go to the Arizona Supreme Court and then maybe even then to the SCOTUS. We simply cannot allow bad actors to choose who will “win” an election. But these people think that they now can, and they intend to press the point.
In your opinion can this election be overturned or at least sent to a re-vote? The Supreme Court punted in 2020 when several states filed suit. Why would they take up Lake’s? I hope they do but there seems to be nothing but tyrants and cowards in our government.
The Arizona railroad just pulled through Lakeland.
The mere fact that these violations primarily targeted Republican areas and voters wasn’t enough to show malicious intent…sure…The judge is the usual political hack, of course, just trying to put some lipstick on the pig…
And that is a LOT of Lipstick and might BIG ring in the NOSE, too. But that “Golden Ring is looking mighty BRASSY, if ya ask ME! Jis’ Sayin’….
What did the plaintiff claim? Could they have petitioned to invalidate the election for such egregious “errors and incompetence”?
I am unaware of any crime that requires proof of malicious intent. The proof is the crime itself. This judge needs to be flogged and then hanged. Absent proof of malicious intent who can be blamed?
And NOTHING short of that. NO WHIT LESS.
This was used when Comet exonerated Hillary
“Could not find clear and convincing evidence that such misconduct was…”
If no evidence of “misconduct,” there is overwhelming evidence of gross incompetence in Arizona’s method of obtaining and counting votes, which should enrage Arizona voters.
I said this case would run smack dab into the middle of the constitution and ta-da… Here we are.
The majority blame the wrong people, don’t understand our laws and roll about in their own lofty morality with no principles to back their scoffing.
But, they will keep advocating for repeating this by cheering it’s perpetrators.
Idiots!
“3. In the 2020 election, there were at least four states (Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin) in which the state executive branch (that is, the governor or other executive official) and/or the judicial branch (that is, the state supreme court) changed the rules of the election apart from the authority of the state legislature. These actions were a direct violation of the U.S. Constitution, which grants this authority only to the state legislatures.
4. The result of this constitutional violation was that the results of the 2020 national election were changed from what they would have been if U.S. constitutional law had been followed.
5. The State of Texas, along with 17 other states and 126 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, called out the four states that had violated the Constitution and challenged their election results as being unlawful. They filed their case with the U.S. Supreme Court. In other words, about 20% of the states and about 30% of the House of Representatives joined together with Texas and went to the Supreme Court to say that this was wrong, and that these four states broke federal law and changed the election. 7. The Supreme Court refused to hear and try this case. The most likely reason is that the nation was severely divided and in turmoil, and the Court was too timid, too reluctant to risk the fallout and do its rightful duty. The U.S. Constitution was clearly violated—any average middle schooler could see and understand that. The results of the national election were affected by these violations. The Supreme Court was created and specifically designed 234 years ago to hear these kinds of cases. In other words, this case fell squarely in the middle of the Supreme Court’s job description. It is an integral part of the Supreme Court’s very purpose to hear and try this type of case.” I mailed a copy of this article to the Supreme Court. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/december-11-americas-day-infamy-us-supreme-court-abdicated-responsibilities/
When the outcome is know prior to the hearing you no this is a loosing battle for everyone that brings in case that challenges the authorities for ever.
We are in very troubled water that’s deep and dark
To continue to put stock in this system is to drink yourself to sleep.
Democracy is like handing kids matches. Eventually they burn down the house despite all of the advice and warnings from the sensible parents. They shouldn’t have been available to them in the first place. Don’t be shocked at this ruling, the judge is one of the kids. They are demon-controlled and won’t be happy until they themselves are burned alive.
We got a couple hundred decent years out of this constitution but human wickedness cannot be allowed self governance. We WILL be under a king eventually, and the secular one in the works now will be a doozy. But pray his days are shortened or ours will be.
And the government will be upon His shoulders… come Lord Jesus.
Amen
So what will these wan, compliant, smooth-feathered Trump-hating senate republicans say when their own electoral wins are denied by manipulating democrats? When even McConnell types start losing and no hope is left? Will they just shrug and say oh well, I got mine? They deserve to be “2A’d.”
The prize of the left is to own your very thoughts. Once they own your currency and track every purchase the fight is lost. The omnibus advances that eventuality, and the senate leadership just goosed it with glee.
I think the hag CA Democrat Maxine Waters was right… when you see one of these R traitors at the “gasoline station” you need to get in their faces. They’re not hearing us otherwise.
Defeat is an R trait. To continue supporting them as candidates means supporting their hypocritical organization. Until there is a genuine alternative the deal is sealed. The R party let Kari twist, they were probably who was texting the judge.
Until we get off this R party loyalty the result will be the same. “But they have the state infrastructure!” So?! They hate us!
The way to investigate this properly is for a proactive prosecutor to seed the voter rolls with some fictitious registrations (a perfectly proper investigative technique) and wait and watch for them to come out the other end as ‘votes’ on Election Day. Then work backward and see how and by whom those ‘votes’ were cast. If none of those fictitious persons / registrations get converted into ‘real’ votes, then no foul & no harm – simple.
In other words, a sting operation which will – if successful – drive the Left into screaming conniption fits because it will get to the heart of what we suspect they’re doing beyond any reasonable doubt.
What we all seem to be missing is it’s not the candidate or voters that need to prove voter fraud, BUT it’s the responsibility of those conducting the vote to prove that it was indeed correct.
They need to show the receipts.
This is how I understand it. But these lawyers seem to find ways to confuse the issue so only Democrats, Leftists and career politicians win and are never held accountable.
How about a punishment for Maricopa County if these errors from incompetence ever happen again. Now that they are on record as facts, wouldn’t it be negligent if they allow it to happen again.
Who pays for government to make same mistakes over and over? Oh, that’s right, leftists and stupid people, or I guess that’s really the same.
Simple incompetence. Crooked court.
I suspected it was over the moment the judge only allowed 2 of 10 illegal actions to be reviewed.
And then set the bar to “impossible”. I think he was surprised Lake’s team was able to find what they found after only seeing a small percentage of the ballots for only one day before trial.
Our entire system of “govment” is corrupt.
No checks and balances means evil can run amok.
The point isn’t malicious intent but malicious incompetence!
Yes there were multiple documented problems with ballots, tabulators and chain-of-custody violations; and yes, there were multiple simultaneous failures which would have impeded accurate voting by the residents of Arizona; however, the Lake campaign could not quantify to a demonstrable certainty, the exact number of votes that were impacted by the simultaneous collapse of voting systems, processes and ballot control standards.
This is worse than a multiple convicted drunk driver getting off because the defendant could not prove malicious intent.
No justice for Lake or the people of Arizona.
Govment for the bankers and by the bankers.
Thats govment.
We can’t vote ourselves out of this nationally and the judges will do nothing. We need to take over a state completely and then have it leave the union. It needs to go to a gold and silver standard,no foreign wars, go back to our libertarian roots, no birth right citizenship etc. Only by states being bold can we win. We have to be willing to lose everything to gain everything back.
Could we possibly feel any more betrayed by this Country?
Nope
When they certified the election it was pretty much over. What remedy exists on a state or national level for election fraud? Maybe in some local jurisdictions but not on a state or national level.
I soooo appreciate you Sundance because of your honesty. It drives me crazy when I hear pundits, journalists, on our side trying to make sense of the judge’s ruling because the law says this or the defense didn’t do that. Please stop. Trying to make sense of their tyranny is a waste of everyone’s time. You cannot argue with crazy. You can not attribute rules when ONLY ONE SIDE PLAYS BY THE RULES. so, I thank you Sundance for your forthrightness and I ask the rest … please, please start calling this what it is … tyranny…plain and simple
Perfectly said.
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors assume they can commit
Election Fraud in the 2022 midterm elections and not be prosecuted
and convicted of a felony. The ‘Rule of Law’ must prevail in Arizona.
Election Fraud will continue until Election Fraud criminals
are arrested and prosecuted for this crime. We must enforce
the law. If this does not happen then we are a lawless Banana Republic.
We are no longer a Republic.
Proving malicious intent us like proving your innocent.
Anyone else find folly in the ballot box?
One more box left…..
Arizona is no longer a Republic.
Whoever commits Election Fraud the best ‘Wins’.
Election Fraud has been normalized in Arizona.
Al Gore got to court with unintentional hanging chads. Kari Lake can’t get there with improper sized ballots?
Retirement Communities are all over Arizona.
A very large number of retirees Vote conservative.
The Election Fraud criminals had to counter these
retirees with Maricopa County adding 25,000 ballots
to total after election day along with 298,942 early
ballots with no chain of custody.
Well … they ARE doing the work Americans just won’t do … right? Therefore, don’t they “deserve” to get their drivers licenses? And vote? John McCain thought so … ugggh … we better put a stop to this
They have us backed into a corner. They have perfected the steal in AZ & elsewhere. To make things worse I don’t think there’s a Republican who gives a damn as long as it keeps Trump & Trump candidates out of office.
They hate Trump more than they love justice and righteousness.
IMHO – it is not rocket science to prove intent. How can anyone explain the Maricopa County Elections Department KNOWING for 3 complete election cycles that there was an inherent problem with the ballots and then NEVER doing anything to fix it?
KNOWING that these ballot settings were deliberately set to either fit to page or for 19 inch ballot paper being printed on 20 inch paper – and that it WOULD (without any doubt) cause problems on election day – this is clearly INTENTIONAL. How else can they repeatedly steal elections or manipulate their outcomes. never inform the public or make any effort to assure they are fully functioning.
Once again the entire Maricopa County government (from the top down) has shown the state and the nation that they can get away with putting a hand picked regime of their choice into office regardless of WHO the public WANTS to represent them or how they voted (when they could).
Unfortunamely this judge lacked the tesicular fortitude to do what is right – ignoring the obvious and hiding behind case studies that fit his narrative. The law did not matter that laws were broken, voters were disenfranchised or that the chain of cutody was clearly broken – or that 25,000 ballots appeared out of nowhere; or that Jarrod committed perjury in court.
Had he had the guts, he would have at least demanded another election – instead he said “not my problem” – send it down the road!
And they wonder WHY NO ONE will ever trust any election held in Maricopa County again! EVERYTHING and EVERYONE is corrupt to the core!
“Prove intent” is another way to say to make it subjective enough for the judge to rule any way he wants. It’s like when a woman says she wants to leave a relationship because she’s “not happy”. The temptation is to try to make her happy but who determines whether or not she is happy? SHE DOES. So she can decide, despite all you do, that at the end of the day she is not happy. When in actuality, she had already predetermined to leave anyway. Not being happy was her excuse to do what she wanted to do in the first place.
Same here. Lake’s team could have had stone cold confessions but it was still up to the judge to determine if he felt there was enough “intent” to overrule the election. He didn’t. He never was going to find enough intent no matter what Lake uncovered.
The key word here used by this judge is “malicious Intent” – perhaps he should have looked into malfeasance in order to determine whether the “intent” was malisious or not.
Maricopa County KNEW for 3 election cycles that a problem existed – that the printer settings would cause problems on election day, disenfranchise voters and change the outcome of this and every election going back to 2020 – yet they DID NOTHING to fic it!
WHY?
Simply because KNOWING that they can manipulate the outcome of ANY election to install their puppet hand selected regime to keep them in power!
NEVER believe for a second that those in power in Maricopa County are Republicans – they are RINOS and everyone KNOWS it! How else would these traitors be able to sabotage these elections and manipulate the outcome?
Well, imagine that. Nothing has changed on the elections front.
Is there not one single d*mned court in the USA where justice can prevail? Is there not one honest judge left?
FJB
FKH
FCS
FNP
FMMcC
Those 20 inch ballots that miraculously resized themselves a couple of inches smaller … and what pray tell what was the intent there?