The Washington Supreme Court. From left to right, front: Justice Susan Owens, Associate Chief Justice Charles W. Johnson, Chief Justice Steven C. Gonzalez, Justice Barbara A. Madsen, Justice Debra L. Stephens. Back row: Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis, Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Justice Mary I. Yu and Justice G. helen Whitener.
June 1, 2022
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Wash. Supreme Court orders sanctions in election lawsuit
OLYMPIA - On June 1, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that the Washington Supreme Court had ordered $28,000 in total sanctions against a group and their attorney who filed a lawsuit falsely claiming voter fraud in the 2020 election. In the release, Ferguson said his office successfully brought sanctions against the group and the attorney who had filed the lawsuit for their “frivolous legal challenge of the 2020 election,” the release stated.