On Tuesday, Kari Lake’s legal team moved to forfeit a defamation case against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to The Hill<\/a>, Maricopa County Recorder\u00a0Stephen Richer\u00a0(R)\u00a0sued Lake last year\u00a0in his personal capacity, claiming Lake defamed him after she refused to concede her 2022 Arizona gubernatorial defeat and alleged election fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lawsuit claims<\/a> Lake consistently and systemically lied about Richer\u2019s actions as recorder, causing him to receive harassment and numerous threats to his life. Richer added that Lake claimed without evidence that he stuffed ballot boxes with 300,000 invalid votes and used his role as recorder to make the ballot unclear for voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor the last seven months, I have been subjected to constant harassment, intimidation, and threats to my and my family\u2019s lives because the defendants in this case were spreading falsehoods about me, my work, and our elections,\u201d Richer said<\/a> in a statement when the lawsuit was filed last year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The court filing Tuesday does not contest Richer\u2019s claims, and requests an accelerated hearing to determine damages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Richer held up the filing as an admission of guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWon\u2019t defend \/ can\u2019t defend,\u201d he wrote in a\u00a0post on X<\/a>, formerly Twitter. \u201cI\u2019ll get my due. But not the millions of people she lied to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n