Today's entrant into the "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" club: Kari Lake!

[Initech]

Link to tweet

OWNED!!!!

[magicarpet]

1. The only way to stop these Fascists is to slam these Fascists,...

.... for using the courts to advance their Fascist agendas.

Without suffering any repercussions - these Fucking Fascists will continue their Fucking Fascist ways and gleefully exploiting any loopholes they can find ad nauseam.

[yankee87]

12. Bankrupt them

Like was done with the KKK, take their money and assets.

[NJCher]

40. +1

That is a completely reasonable strategy, considering the # of crimes they commit.

[calimary]

50. And ANOTHER +1...

…million.

[Cha]

2. Keep Digging, Lake.. I like where

this is GOING!

TY!

[calimary]

41. Straight to the bottom of the lake.

[Cha]

49. Yep.. the bottomless lake. nt

[GoneOffShore]

3. Looks like the lake is going to dry up.

[calimary]

5. The sooner the better!

I like the line above what’s highlighted - about this sending a message to anyone who tries to pull a stupid, ill-advised stunt like that woman just did.

SHAME on her.

[Marthe48]

7. I liked that part too

n/t

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Lake Kari...

Running out of steam, running out of water.

[Archae]

34. Well, she's always been all wet.

[ancianita]

6. And her lawyers, including Alan Dershowitz, were sanctioned by the judge, as well.

Headline:

Judge Sanctions Kari Lake’s Legal Team, Which Includes Alan Dershowitz, for ‘Recklessly’ Filing ‘False, Misleading, and Unsupported’ Claims in Election Lawsuit

The attorneys being sanctioned are not directly named in Thursday’s order, but according to the court docket, Harvard Law School Prof. Alan Dershowitz is Lake’s lead attorney in the matter. Also on her legal team are co-lead attorneys Andrew D. Parker, Jesse Hersch Kibort, and Joseph Alan Pull of Minneapolis. Further listed as a member of her legal team is attorney Kurt B. Olsen of Washington, D.C.

Parker, Olsen, and Dershowitz signed the original complaint, an amended complaint, and a opposition to a request for sanctions.

Those attorneys are presumably the ones sanctioned on Thursday for filing a complaint by Lake and Arizona State Representative Mark Finchem (R-11), another plaintiff.

The same legal team represented both plaintiffs, the docket indicates.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/judge-sanctions-kari-lakes-legal-team-which-includes-alan-dershowitz-for-recklessly-filing-false-misleading-and-unsupported-claims-in-election-lawsuit/ar-AA14NX7A

[Aussie105]

13. Lawyers are allowed to say . . .

Nah, not going to go anywhere. Not bothering. Going to make us look bad.
(Unless they see dollar bills for them.)

OR

You are joking, right girl?

[ancianita]

14. Just what are you talking about. I'm adding what the judge said about the lawyers.

Those attorneys are presumably the ones sanctioned on Thursday for filing a complaint by Lake and Arizona State Representative Mark Finchem (R-11), another plaintiff.

Did the word "presumably" trip you up? Cuz I don't get what you mean by joking.

[reACTIONary]

33. I think he means....

... that lawyers have the right to refuse to take some action on behalf of a client, as in "You want me to do what? You have got to be joking! No, we are not going to do that."

Actually, as officers of the court, they have the responsibility to refuse to take some actions.

[certainot]

19. while i'd love it if they had to pay huge it'd be hilarious if the bill was low because the state

law team the 'A-team' lost to and whose fees she had to pay was a lawyer or two straight out of college no one ever heard of

after all, it's unlikely she'll pay out of her wallet

[Nevilledog]

21. Doesn't really matter....Mike Lindell is picking up the tab.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. With What Money?

Lindell is either broke or it's somebody else footing the bill.
He was never all that rich.

[Nevilledog]

27. He had over $60 million last I heard, but who knows.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Never Close To That

I did a deep dive into this a year & a half back.
He was never worth even half of that. At no time.
And, as he's mothballed assets when volume plummeted, the value of the company fell.
The company had a peak value of $150 million, with a D/E of barely under 5. Hence, assets were $26 million.
He owns 70%, so around $18.2 million. But, there's a personally backed loan of around $3 million. So, now something over $15 million.
But, it didn't hit those values until 2019. And, cash flow spiked in 2016. Before that the company was marginally profitable.
Sales volume peaked at $152 million with operating margins of 24%. (It's not an efficient operation. ) So, There was $37 million before SG&A, debt service, capital reinvestment & taxes.
Given that the company only existed since 2009, there wasn't time for him to accumulate $60 million.
This is a combination of public information & financial information not readily available but to which I have limited access. (I can only access 30,000 foot info, not ledger entries or anything that detailed.)
This is the same guy who edited his own Wikipedia page to add a net worth, after doubling it & adding a zero.
Nothing about him is real.

[Nevilledog]

32. He *REAL* crazy.

Lord knows there are enough RW dark money groups throwing money around everywhere.

[certainot]

35. possible that trump guys paying for lindell's stupid support. they need a guy

like that out front defending him, until he's like whatever accountant trump decides to dump.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. I Have Little Doubt

Because this windmill tilting has already cost more than he ever had.
I'd like some investigative journalists to be journalists and figure out who is really funding this attack on election integrity.

[allegorical oracle]

39. A five-attorney legal team?? She's either filthy rich or rich donors funded her lawsuit. n/t

[NBachers]

8. OK kiddies, playtime is over.

[housecat]

9. sweet

[IronLionZion]

10. The red wave turned out to be MAGA tears

[LudwigPastorius]

11. That's what Republican campaign contributions are for.

Paying for grandstanding bullshit.

[NJCher]

42. They always have to have this fake drama going on

I mean, WTH, the real world isn’t enough? They have to make up silly plot lines like this?

Or are they really so pathetic that they believe they can’t lose?

[lees1975]

15. I like the part up there at the top.

The court will not condone litigants ignoring the steps that Arizona has already taken toward this end and furthering false narratives that baselessly undermine public trust at a time of increasing disinformation about, and distrust in, the democratic process. It is to send a message to those who might file similarly baseless suits in the future.

Love the terms, "false narrative", "baselessly undermine", disinformation about...democratic process," "to send a message".

[Initech]

24. Oh and you know we haven't heard the last of this crap either!

[peppertree]

16. Judge Tuchi gave her a nice kick in the toosh.

Which Kari Fake earned - like nothing she's ever earned in her miserable life.

[calimary]

43. Hey, I like that! Kari Fake!

Kinda has a nice ring to it.

[peppertree]

45. Why, thank you.

Although my favorite is Toxic Lake.

Between you and me, she looks like someone willing to engage in Satanic rites to get her way. Opportunist written all over her.

[Caliman73]

17. No, but you see, that proves the plot....

I file a stupid, baseless lawsuit with no evidence whatsoever and a judge throws it out. That shows you the whole system is in on it. Now I just have to get my brain dead followers to forgo their rent and Christmas presents so they can send me more money.

[ZonkerHarris]

20. I love it when a plan comes together

[jaxexpat]

18. I seem to remember there were consequences....

for filing frivolous lawsuits. Is that still a thing or will itrequire redefining of the word "frivolous"?

[TomSlick]

29. The meaning of the word frivolous is clear.

All that is required is for judges to be willing to enforce Rule 11.

[jaxexpat]

30. Judges with actual judgement. How novel a concept.

[TomSlick]

31. Hope springs eternal.

[Kennah]

23. No way this is a Gold Medal win. Silver? Bronze? Further back in the pack?

[republianmushroom]

25. LIKE

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. Lake, Finchem attorneys ordered to pay Maricopa County's legal fees for failed lawsuit

This makes me smile. After the abuse of the court system by TFG and election deniers, courts are quicker to assess legal fees and to consider sanctions for attorneys stupid enough to take these cases.

Link to tweet

https://ktar.com/story/5372179/lake-finchem-attorneys-ordered-to-pay-maricopa-countys-legal-fees/

The attorneys for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem were ordered Thursday to pay Maricopa County’s legal fees for a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Arizona Republican candidates that a judge said “lacked an adequate factual or legal basis.”

Judge John Tuchi said the lawyers for Lake and Finchem are to pay fees in the April suit, which asked a federal court to bar the use of tabulation equipment in the recent midterm elections.

Tuchi also admonished Lake and Finchem but decided that their actions didn’t rise to the level of warranting sanctions.

[lambchopp59]

36. Shallow lake

I can't pull up even linked tweets at work. But I read about the Kourt Kickass to the Lake-tush and greatly enjoyed reading about at least one of these jokers flaunting the law, believing they've got it all corrupted to their ends.
But I didn't know of Pillow dude's involment and three cheers for two crafty birds down with one stone.
It's past time all this damn confabulating their own reality got the smackdown.

[lees1975]

37. She was completely unqualified for the job

all she's ever done is be television news anchor for a third rate fox affiliate in Phoenix.

But she's still playing this role of being a "provocateur," or basically, a screaming banshee.

She's done. If she wants to get into politics, she needs to run in a fascist state like South Carolina or Florida or Texas. A nobody who has done nothing seems to do well there.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

38. Yay! I'm sure she's got plenty of $$$, but still, she'll hate

having to pay. Every R (party of personal responsibility 😂 thinks consequences are only for their perceived enemies.

[Marcuse]

46. Lake should refuse to pay as a matter of principle and become a political prisoner for the cause.

If she has the courage of her convictions that is.

[onenote]

48. There's nothing for her to refuse.

Her lawyers, not her, are the ones being sanctioned.

[onenote]

47. The order is directed at her attorneys and expressly does not impose sanctions on Lake.

From the court's order:
"Here, while there are reasons to believe that Plaintiffs themselves contributed to the violations of Rule 11(b)(3) in this case—including that they themselves apparently have voted on paper ballots, contradicting allegations and representations in their pleadings about Arizona’s use of paper ballots—there is not a sufficient record that compels the Court to exercise its discretion to sanction Plaintiffs under that part of the rule. Thus, although the Court does not find that Plaintiffs have acted appropriately in this matter—far from it— the Court concludes that sanctions are warranted only against Plaintiffs’ counsel, who signed and filed the offending papers. To sanction Plaintiffs’ counsel here is not to let Plaintiffs off the hook. It is to penalize specific attorney conduct with the broader goal of deterring similarly baseless filings initiated by anyone, whether an attorney or not."