Kari Lake lawyers handed bad news

An Arizona Supreme Court panel has authorized the state bar to move forward with complaints against Kari Lake's former lawyers, finding that there is "probable cause" for the complaints.

Lake, a former TV anchor, launched multiple legal challenges after she ran as a Republican in Arizona's gubernatorial race in November 2022 and lost to Katie Hobbs by about 17,000 votes. Her challenges, including a request that the court throw out the certified election result over accusations of fraud in the state's largest county, Maricopa County, have been dismissed.

Bryan Blehm and Kurt Olsen represented her in that case, while Andrew Parker represented Lake and former candidate for Arizona secretary of state Mark Finchem in a separate case challenging the use of voting machines in Arizona ahead of the 2022 elections, which was thrown out in October 2023 by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.