Katie Hobbs Evades The Hot Seat In Ongoing Lawsuit

Katie Hobbs, the Secretary of State who certified her own race against Kari Lake doesn’t want to testify in court…

I wouldn’t want to if I were in her position either, Maricopa County suffered from a mountain of voting issues on election day and now there is an avalanche of lawsuits challenging the results.

Most recently, Hobbs’ legal team filed a motion to suppress a subpoena from Lake’s legal team that would put Hobbs in the hot seat and require her testimony before the court.

They got their wish, but it wasn’t by order of the judge…

Lake’s legal team voluntarily withdrew the subpoena; according to reports, they are happy that Lake’s claims are moving forward and feel that Hobbs’ testimony will not contribute in a significant way to the case—mainly concerning Maricopa County.

Here are the latest developments in the ongoing lawsuit:

Katie Hobbs just filed a Motion to Quash. Good luck. She refused to debate and now she doesn’t want to testify? @KariLake

— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) December 20, 2022

Cowardly @katiehobbs is trying desperately to get out of testifying in our trial.

She's already a twice-convicted racist.

She clearly doesn't want to add perjury to that list.

— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) December 20, 2022

Western Journal reports:

State Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson ruled against Hobbs’ motion to quash Monday night, writing in his order the issues at hand concern an “activity wholly within her wheelhouse: the conduct of elections.”

Nonetheless, Hobbs’ attorneys took one more bite at the apple in a filing just after 9 p.m. Monday night, pointing out that Thompson ruled that two counts in Lake’s lawsuit would be going to trial and neither directly involved their client.

 

Line of questioning backfired on Katie Hobbs’ attorney with witness’ testimony:

“Based on what I saw on Election Day, there’s no question in my mind…had there not been tabulator issues…this election would have ended up with Kari Lake winning.” pic.twitter.com/1s3IvYz4pX

— Yoshi The Patriot (@yoshithepatriot) December 21, 2022

Watch as the Attorney for @katiehobbs gives testimony on behalf of @KariLake He admits "as happened at Runbeck" doh! lol https://t.co/HZLZoT8Nud

— Mike Shaw (@MikeShawTV) December 22, 2022

Previously, Hobbs called for the entire lawsuit to be thrown out, according to NTD News:

Attorneys for Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County have asked a judge to dismiss their challenges during Tuesday’s hearing.

“The secretary does believe that the court will be able to dispose of this case in its entirety on motions to dismiss without the need for an evidentiary hearing,” Andy Gaona, a lawyer at Arizona Secretary of State’s office, said during the hearing, according to local media.

In hearing before another judge on Tuesday, Gaona sharply criticized Finchem’s lawsuit and said his the “claims that are raised by the plaintiffs are baseless.”