Stephen Richer said on Twitter that allegedly defamatory statements by Arizona gubernatorial candidate Lake “have altered my life. For the worse. Materially.”
Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate who lost the latest Arizona gubernatorial race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, has lashed out against Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer for suing her over her legal challenge to the election result.
Lake, who ran with former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, lost to Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes but refused to concede. Instead, she filed a lawsuit challenging the result of the election, claiming that irregularities in Maricopa County prevented her from winning.
Richer, a Republican who served as recorder in Arizona’s most populous county since 2021, filed a defamation lawsuit against Lake on Thursday, alleging she falsely accused him of causing her defeat in November 2022.
“I’m suing Kari Lake. I’d hoped the defamation would stop after the election.
