Kari Lake sued for Defamation

Like Rudy, Kari Lake is Finding Out Election Lies Have Consequences

Judge denies her motion to dismiss

Kari Lake thought, just like Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump, that she could defame and lie about an elections official on social media, at rallies, and on TV without consequences.

She thought wrong.

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer sued Lake last year for defamation for her accusations against him alleging that he intentionally committed fraud in her election which caused her to lose her election for Arizona Governor. She filed a Motion to Dismiss the case, and the motion was just denied by the trial court. The case will now proceed to trial.

The Court noted that the instances of Lake’s statements about Richer alleging fraud were too numerous to mention in the Order, but he cited two particularly egregious examples of statements Lake made at her January 9, 2023 ‘Save Arizona Rally,’ where she said:

“Richer and Gates intentionally printed the wrong image on the ballot on Election Day so those ballots would intentionally be spit out of the tabulators … Well, these guys are really, really terrible at running elections but I found out they’re really good at lying.”