Kari Lake: Court dismisses gubernatorial defeat lawsuit

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Kari Lake on December 20 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

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An Arizona judge has dismissed Republican Kari Lake's lawsuit against her loss in the November gubernatorial election.

There is no clear or convincing evidence of Lake's allegations of systematic misconduct by those responsible in the election, US media consistently quoted from the judge's decision on Saturday.

Endorsed by ex-President Donald Trump, Lake is among those who have repeated his unsubstantiated claims that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election through massive fraud.

Even before the recent election, she had refused to say whether she would honor her own election result if she lost.

To this day, Lake has not admitted defeat.

Result of the election formally confirmed

Lake had filed lawsuits against several poll officials.

Their complaint alleges that "illegal ballots" were cast during the poll and that long lines prevented Republicans from voting.

Lake narrowly lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the early November election.

The result was formally confirmed at the beginning of December.

Immediately after the decision was announced on Saturday, Lake announced that it would appeal the verdict to "restore confidence in our elections and their honesty."

After all, she proved to the world that the elections were not legal, the 53-year-old claimed on Twitter.

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