Attorney Christina Bobb made the remarks during an appearance on Real America on the One America News Network (OANN) while discussing Lake’s legal attempts to have the Arizona gubernatorial election, which she lost to Democratic Katie Hobbs, thrown out.
Lake, a Trump loyalist who backs the false claim that the 2020 election was rigged due to widespread voter fraud, filed a suit on December 9 alleging that “hundreds of thousands” of ballots were “infected” in Maricopa County.
Lake is also challenging the certification of the midterm electoral results and is seeking a judge to declare her the winner of the race.
While discussing the lawsuit, OANN host Dan Ball asked Bobb that if Lake wins and proves that Arizona’s elections are “screwed,” whether Trump could also prove he was “screwed” out of the election he lost more than two years ago.
“Well, it’ll be interesting,” Bobb, herself a former OANN host, replied. “You know, I don’t know. I mean one state as we know. We would need three states, so I wouldn’t necessarily say right away, certainly maybe down the road.
“But I would expect the governor Lake to clean up the process,” Bobb added.
An initial hearing for Lake’s lawsuit was heard by a Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Tuesday.
Lake is asking that a judge declare her winner of the Arizona gubernatorial election, or order a recount of the vote in Maricopa County.
During proceedings, Judge Peter Thompson gave the defendants in the case—Maricopa County election officials and Hobbs—a deadline of 9 a.m. on Monday, December 19, to file motions to dismiss the case, which the plaintiffs’ lawyers confirmed they would be doing.
In a statement after the court hearing, Lake said: “Today’s hearing regarding my lawsuit was telling. The judge noted the volume of evidence my team compiled. The defendants’ team seemed desperate to sweep it under the rug.
“I am thankful to Judge Peter Thompson and his team for the work they do and we are confident that given the opportunity, we will expose this election for the sham it was.”
Hobbs’ campaign manager Nicole DeMont called the lawsuit a “nuisance” in a statement the day after Lake filed her claim.
“Kari Lake needs attention like a fish needs water,” DeMont added. “Independent experts and local election officials of both parties have made clear that this was a safe, secure, and fair election.”
Lake has had one election lawsuit thrown out by an Arizona judge and then had her lawyers sanctioned after U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi wanted to deter those who seek to file “similarly baseless suits” in the future.
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