BREAKING: Kari Lake & Mark Finchem's Attorneys Face Paying $141,690 For Taxpayers' Attorneys' Fees Defending Frivolous Suit (READ Application)

Counsel for unsuccessful candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem face the prospect of having to repay taxpayers $141,690 for attorneys' fees incurred in fighting their pre-election lawsuit to require *only* hand counting of paper ballots in the November election.

U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi previously dismissed the case as frivolous, and ruled earlier this month that attorneys for Lake and Finchem should be held responsible for Maricopa County's attorneys' fees in having to defend the matter (aka Rule 11 sanctions).

Tonight's filing sets forth the time entries for the three attorneys in the Maricopa County Attorneys' Office and the one private attorney who successfully defended the case for the County. They note that the requested sanction is less than similar election-related litigation sanctions last year in Michigan and Colorado.

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