blehm, bryan cyberninja esq
turned down sup in nevada refused to certify then caved?
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former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate and 2024 Senate hopeful Kari Lake's lawyers were sanctioned last May to pay $2,000 by the Arizona Supreme Court for making "'unequivocally false' claims that 35,000 falsified ballots were accepted by Maricopa County during the 2022 midterm election.
Arizona Mirror reports that Brian Blehm — one of the two sanctioned lawyers — failed to attend a Tuesday, May 21 disciplinary hearing that could've left him without a law license.
Blehm, according to AZ Mirror, instead gave the Arizona State Bar "a middle finger."
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Per the report, the state "Supreme Court found that Olsen and Blehm provided no evidence of the claim and sanctioned Lake and her team for making 'false factual statements to the Court.'"
State Bar of Arizona attorneys told the judge Tuesday "that Blehm’s license should be suspended for six months and one day for lying to the Supreme Court, as well as for his refusal to take responsibility for his actions and to even show up for the hearing."
AZ Mirror reports:
*[Presiding Disciplinary Judge Margaret] Downie asked the State Bar attorneys to justify such a lengthy proposed suspension, and she contrasted it with the punishment given earlier this year to election attorney and Republican State Rep. Alexander Kolodin, who was only put on probation for his role in lawsuits challenging the 2020 election. Among other things, Kolodin was an attorney on the infamous 'kraken' lawsuit that made implausible and evidence-free claims of massive election fraud.
[Senior Counsel for the Bar Hunter] Perlmeter answered that, unlike Blehm, Kolodin was never accused of lying to the courts and that he was credited for having a cooperative attitude throughout the disciplinary proceedings.*
*Kolodin also voluntarily entered into an agreement with the Bar, under which he accepted being put on probation, paid a fine and agreed to participate in continuing legal education ethics courses.
Ahead of the May 21 hearing, the report notes instead of notifying the court that he planned to be absent, "on Sunday evening, Blehm sent an email to the State Bar of Arizona, informing them that he needed to 'depart for Colorado' on Monday and wouldn’t be able to attend in person. Blehm did not inform the court directly through the email address that he was told to use for correspondence regarding the case, but instead copied a court employee who is currently on leave."
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Blehm posted a video via X (formerly Twitter) just a couple of hours after the hearing "saying he couldn’t make the hearing and was on his way to take care of some personal business."
The attorney claimed the State Bar was trying to 'isolate the most active MAGA attorney in the State of Arizona during the entirety of the 2024 election."
Claiming the State Bar "was attempting to disbar him," the report notes that "Perlmeter insisted in the hearing that the claim was a lie, and while it isn’t technically true, the way the suspension is structured could allow it to be much longer than just six months — and possibly permanent."
According to Robert McWhirter, a Phoenix criminal and constitutional attorney, "a suspension of six months and one day carried with it much more severe consequences than a suspension of only six months. After a suspension of six months or less, an attorney’s license is reinstated automatically."
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*Arizona Mirror's full report is available here.
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https://www.alternet.org/kari-lake-2659013140/
sanctions?
https://www.alternet.org/kari-lake-2659006385/ atty fail
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An Arizona judge admonished attorneys for former candidate Kari Lake (R) on Wednesday for failing to prepare for trial properly.
On the first day of Lake's election challenge trial, Judge Peter Thompson said that attorneys for Lake had botched the number system for exhibits.
Thompson explained that the court's clerk was forced to work until 11 p.m. to create a new numbering system for the evidence.
"Because the exhibits were not correctly identified by the plaintiffs, my clerk worked on this until 11 o'clock last night," the judge said.
Lake attorney Bryan Blehm was later forced to tell the judge that the plaintiffs had technical problems presenting their evidence.
"My specialist did come to this courtroom and test our video equipment on this court's system, your honor," Blehm asserted. "We used a cable that was attached to this desk here that is no longer present. Everything was functioning perfectly at that test, your honor. And so, we came today and that cable is gone. And we're using a different cable, and it's my understanding that the staff is working with the technical side to try and fix what's happening."
Thompson previously dismissed seven of nine of Lake's claims.
an 12 22
Kari Lake, who was Arizona's Republican gubernatorial candidate, is vowing to push back against the so-called “evil b--tards” who she believes stole the governor's election from her.
According to Mediaite, footage of Lake's recent speech at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate has emerged. The clip, which was obtained by The Republican Accountability Project, features Lake claiming the election was successfully stolen. Now, the footage is circulating on Twitter.
Speaking to the crowd of attendees, Lake said, “We just had such a huge movement going into election day, so to watch these people – these evil b--tards.”
READ MORE: 'This is who they are': Critics blast Kari Lake for mocking Paul Pelosi after violent assault
She continued, “Can I say that here, is that alright? To watch them steal this in broad daylight, and if they think they are going to get away with it, they messed with the wrong b---h, ok?”
The crowd responded to Lake in a receptive manner.
Lake's latest rant follows her refusal to concede the race. The angry gubernatorial candidate has also filed court documents challenging the election results due to speculation of voter fraud.
"Hobbs, the Democratic secretary of state, is scheduled to take the oath of office as Arizona’s governor on Monday, Jan. 2. Lake lawyer Bryan Blehm, who was the attorney for the Cyber Ninjas’ partisan election review last year, had asked the judge for a three-day hearing on Lake’s election claims," KPNX reported. "Hobbs’ attorney warned during Tuesday’s court hearing that dragging out the case could cast a pall on the January inauguration."
Watch the video below or at this link.