Arizona Mirror (part of the States Mirror non-profit organisation, which reports on state-level politics), May 2, 2024:

Appeals court hears Kari Lake election case, has to remind her lawyer how appeals work (you get what you pay for)

“Even as she runs for the U.S. Senate, Lake is trying to get the courts to declare her governor of Arizona”

Appellate judges listening to arguments Thursday [April 26] in Kari Lake’s challenge to her 2022 election loss had to keep reminding her lawyer how appeals courts work.

“I’m sure you’re aware we’re not a fact finding court — we’re a court that decides questions of law, primarily,” Judge Peter Eckerstrom told Kurt Olsen, Lake’s attorney, shortly after he began his arguments.

Lake, a Republican who is now running for a U.S. Senate seat, filed her initial election challenge in December 2022 after she lost the governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes.

An ally of fellow election denier Donald Trump, Lake never conceded to Hobbs and has continually claimed the election was stolen, despite her claims failing to convince judges in December 2022 and May 2023 trials, as well as multiple appeals in between the two.

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