Kari Lake continues to tell Arizona voters that the election was stolen, even while admitting the truth in court.
https://tucson.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/kari-lake-defamation-admission-damages-hearing-stephen-richer-2020-election/article_b9f48480-ebb1-11ee-902b-bfdf8fa20c64.html
In a sudden change, Kari Lake now admits to defaming Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, her fellow Republican.
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Richer declared his decision a total victory for him and his fight to clear his name from the charges brought against him.
“It is now official that she accepts that all of this is a lie,” he told Capitol Media Services.
He said Lake knew she was lying because judges in other election cases she filed, challenging her loss in the 2022 governor’s race, found no basis for any of her claims about deliberately erroneous ballots or fraudulent ballots entered into the count. Democrat Katie Hobbs defeated Lake by 17,117 votes.
In a very Trumpian move, Lake admitted to defamation and lying about the 2022 election in court, but then released a video of himself continuing to lie to Republican voters.
Kari Lake is using the same tactics as Donald Trump. You will tell the truth in court, but you will continue to publicly spread the lie to your Republican supporters.
Lake is currently running to flip Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat, but his chances of turning the Republicans around in November took a hit when Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided not to run for re-election as an independent. In a two-person race, Lake trails Democrat Reuben Gallego.
As always with any member of Trump’s Republican Party, pay attention to what they do in court, not what they say in public, because Kari Lake’s court documents do not match the claims she is making to voters.
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