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Trump judge delivers major blow to his 2020 election denier allies

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An Arizona judge who has previously expressed sympathy for President Donald Trump's election deniers just delivered a major blow to them. A judge in Arizona — who already dismissed charges against Trump allies for their role in the effort to overturn the 2020 election results — has rejected their effort to block the state from trying to re-indict them," tweeted Politico journalist Kyle Cheney on Tuesday . In his ruling, Judge Sam J. Myers argued that "the Court has considered the requests for a dismissal with prejudice contained in the Defendants’ responses to the State’s Motion to Dismiss and in Defendant John Eastman’s Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to A.R.S. §13-12-751(B) and the joinders thereto. Defendants have cited, among other factors, the passage of time, the amount of money spent, the stress caused to the Defendants, fundamental fairness, and the interests of justice." He concluded, "While the Court does not discount the significance of those circumstances, the Court finds that t