Kari Lake Could Face Felony Charges

According to an explosive new report, Republican governor candidate Kari Lake could face felony charges after sharing photos of inconsistent voter signatures on Twitter.

The criminal referral was made by Democrat Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.

Lake has refused to concede the 2022 election as she continues to fight the election results citing widespread polling outages on election day and inconsistent signatures.

Newsweek reports:

In Lake’s election lawsuit, which was dismissed in court last month by Judge Peter Thompson, the former candidate endorsed by ex-President Donald Trump alleged that printing issues with voter machines in Maricopa County disenfranchised same-day voters.

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In Lake’s election lawsuit, which was dismissed in court last month by Judge Peter Thompson, the former candidate endorsed by ex-President Donald Trump alleged that printing issues with voter machines in Maricopa County disenfranchised same-day voters. Thompson ruled in December, however, that Lake’s legal team did not provide clear evidence of election workers intentionally interrupting the vote.

SEE IT:

🚨 BOMBSHELL DISCOVERY 🚨

Today’s Senate Testimony CONFIRMS nearly 40,000 ballots illegally counted (10% of the signatures reviewed).

I think all the “Election Deniers” out there deserve an apology. pic.twitter.com/3g2x5zgd2c

— Kari Lake (@KariLake) January 23, 2023

In response to the tweet above, Fontes sent the criminal referral to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes arguing that unauthorized photos of voters signatures may be a violation of law prohibiting “records containing a voter’s signature” from being “accessible or reproduced by any person other than the voter.”

“The protections afforded by this subsection prohibit posting any information derived from voter registration forms or precinct registers to the internet, and under no circumstance may a person other than the voter or [a] statutorily authorized person reproduce a voter’s signature,” the referral read.

Some Twitter users noted that people were showing more hostility for Lake proving ‘fraud’ than the actual ‘fraud’ itself.

Newsweek continues:

As Fontes noted, violation of this law is a class 6 felony. According to the law firm AZ Defenders, a class 6 is the least severe in Arizona, and penalties can include fines, probation or a prison sentence from four months to 5 3/4 years.

A criminal referral, however, does not mean that Lake will be investigated by Mayes for the potential violation.

While Lake did not address the referral on her personal account, her campaign, Kari Lake War Room, tweeted Monday night, “Adrian Fontes wants Kris Mayes to investigate & potentially imprison @KariLake for the ‘crime’ of … sharing signature verification evidence that was presented before the @AZSenateGOP & is currently in her lawsuit.”

“Welcome to the Banana Republic of Arizona,” the account added.

“So they’ll threaten to prosecute @KariLake for showing fake signatures and exposing literal fraud, but not the people who shut down dozens of voting machines in Republican precincts on Election Day?” DC Draino asked on Twitter.

So they’ll threaten to prosecute @KariLake for showing fake signatures and exposing literal fraud, but not the people who shut down dozens of voting machines in Republican precincts on Election Day?

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 31, 2023