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Those lawsuits are still winding their way through the courts, with Citibank seeking to move them to arbitration, which it has succeeded in doing in one federal case.

The recent federal case comes nearly two decades after Wiederhorn was first ensnared in financial crimes.

His lawyers have also "vehemently" denied all the accusations made against him in the federal case and dozens of civil lawsuits that have been filed against him in recent months.

That effectively means that a victory in state court for Griffin could still result in a federal case, further delaying a final outcome.

Republican Justice Richard Dietz also submitted a concurring opinion, holding that Griffin's petition should be barred because it seeks to discard ballots from people who lawfully voted under the rules in place at the time of the election, which would violate election law principle described in a 1983 federal case.