I think she's still going to have to go through some sort of discovery.
“I didn’t surrender, I simply cut-to-the-chase. We filed papers demanding a hearing in 30 days for Stephen to prove how my words harmed him. I am ready to go to court now, Stephen. Are you?” she wrote in a Twitter post.
Kari Lake
@KariLake
President Trump and I are targets of a weaponized legal/court system called Lawfare. Our political opponents will stop at nothing to destroy us.
If there is one thing I’ve learned from President Trump is that we need to fight back.
This isn’t about me, it’s about standing up for the people of Arizona.
Maricopa County election Official
@stephen_richer
says I “surrendered.” That’s a lie. I didn’t surrender, I simply cut-to-the-chase. We filed papers demanding a hearing in 30 days for Stephen to prove how my words harmed him. I am ready to go to court now, Stephen. Are you?
Arizona law still requires you to prove with witnesses and with evidence, that I caused you—in your own words—“substantial injuries,” Stephen, can you?
I read Stephen’s tedious 40 page lawsuit so that you don’t have to. Ignore most of it. Pay close attention to paragraphs 164 thru 170 for his “damages” claims. The public should read those paragraphs. Closely. They are a mile wide and an inch deep.
The public has a 1st Amendment Right to access public court proceedings. Meaning the public has the right to see your damages evidence, Stephen. Why do your lawyers from New York and DC keep asking for a confidentiality agreement? Why do you have New York and DC Lawyers at all? What don’t you want the public to see? Is that why you filed suit in your “personal capacity”—to dodge Arizona’s public records laws?
Stephen, I hope you have the good sense to ignore
@DanCBarr
, Chief Deputy Attorney General. He was a partner of Perkins Coie, the disgraced law firm that gave us the “Steele Dossier.” He told you that I “admitted EVERYTHING in the Complaint as a matter of law.” Shame on you, Daniel. That’s a lie. You have disgraced your office with your lie. Under Arizona Law, default admits only the “well-pled” allegations in the complaint.” Richer’s bare-bones allegation in paragraph 171 that his “injuries are traceable to Defendants’ attacks” isn’t “well-pled.” Prove me wrong on the law there, Daniel. Can you?
And Stephen, how much money will you ask for at the damages hearing? Tell us. How many zeroes? The people of Arizona, who often work too hard for too little just to provide for their families, deserve to know. We deserve answers to all these questions. Will you answer them?
AI
