Retired Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz said he wasn’t part of the legal team that represented Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in connection to a lawsuit that was filed in early 2022 and later rejected.
In 2022, U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi tossed filings by Lake and fellow Republican Mark Finchem. Months later, the same judge ruled that the Republican candidates’ attorneys were liable for legal fees incurred by Maricopa County.
In a new filing this week, however, Dershowitz wrote that he was only a consultant and not a participant in the election-related challenge.
“I was asked to provide my consultation only on constitutional issues in lawsuits involving voting machines,” he said in a declaration that was submitted by his lawyer, Jack Wilenchik. “My role was expressly limited to the potential for future abuses based on the unwillingness of voting machine companies to disclose the inner workings of their machines,’’ he continued….