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Kari Lake Surrenders in Defamation Lawsuit

She's tapping out.

Kari Lake has filed a motion today conceding that she is liable in a defamation lawsuit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer. Richer sued Lake for her lies about his handling of her election for governor of Arizona in 2022.

Lake has asked that the case immediately proceed to the damages phase of the case to have the jury determine how much she has to pay. She likely took this action because she knew she was going to lose this case and didn't want an ugly and public trial on liability in the middle of her campaign for Senate.

The organization 'Protect Democracy' issued a statement that contained a response by Richer's lawyers.

Complete and total surrender on liability.

Meaning it was always all B.S.

And she just entered that into court.

Now on to damages. https://t.co/Et3jxkc1eU

— Stephen Richer—MaricopaCountyRecorder (prsnl acct) (@stephen_richer) March 26, 2024