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Video: GOP official suing Kari Lake for defamation speaks out… ‘She surrendered‘

March 28, 2024

Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County Recorder who oversaw Kari Lake’s 2022 election loss, took her to court over her repeated false claims that Richer rigged the election against her. Now he’s speaking out after Kari Lake made what Richer’s attorney calls an “unequivocal admission” in the case.

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No Evidence for Kari Lake’s Claim that Maricopa County Ballots Lacked Chain of Custody Records

January 11, 2023

A judge on Dec. 24 dismissed Kari Lake’s claim that there was no chain of custody for 300,000 mail-in ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona, during the 2022 election, yet posts on social media continue to spread the baseless claim. Every mail-in ballot in the county had a unique barcode and chain of custody documents to ensure security, election officials said.