The Arizona Bar is trying to disbar Blehm and two of Lake’s other attorneys for asserting in a brief that it was an undisputed fact that 35,000 ballots were inserted into the 2022 election at Runbeck Election Systems, Maricopa County’s third-party mail-in ballot processing company.
The Arizona Bar also brought charges against Blehm (pictured above) for a post on X criticizing the Arizona Supreme Court for setting up a disinformation task force that appeared to be directed in part to squelch election challenges from attorneys representing Republicans.
Blehm, who is representing himself, is in the discovery phase of the disciplinary proceedings, where parties provide disclosures to each other and serve interrogatories or subpoenas for information.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) objected to his subpoena for documents regarding the chain of custody of ballots, stating that it was “not relevant to the pending charges and burdensome.” Represented by Ed Novak, a former bar president, the objection said Blehm was trying to find information after the fact to prove the validity of his statements.
Blehm filed a response to the objection, which began, “It appears that if the Board of Supervisors had its way, Respondent would simply be taken to the gallows without the ability to raise a defense.”
Lake’s attorney said his subpoena merely requested regular public records from the MCBOS.
“The documents Respondent seeks are public records that Maricopa County has, in their totality, shielded from public view,” Blehm said. “In fact, Maricopa County refused to provide all Chain of Custody documents during the Lake v. Hobbs matter, denying Plaintiff the ability to litigate the totality of Chain of Custody issues.”
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