Kari Lake has reportedly been ordered to hand over documents that pertain to defamatory statements and other evidence to show that she lied about claims made against Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County Recorder, and after the default judgement against her.
Lake made public claims that Richer (also a Republican) “intentionally” made changes to ballot printers that resulted in Election Day printing problems because he wanted “to sabotage the 2022 general election.”
She reportedly made false assertions on podcasts and in other public interviews and statements.
Lake also claimed that Richer was responsible for 300,000 “illegal, invalid, phony or bogus” early ballots being counted in Maricopa County.
The discovery process that Lake is reportedly stalling would unveil just how many of these claims were disseminated and the various people involved along with any possible financial incentive for doing so.
In much the same manner that Lake is known across the state for her vocal election denier status and numerous election fraud claims including her own loss to Governor Katie Hobbs resulting in a number of lawsuits filed by her (unsuccessful, so far) Lake has said that her statements about Richer were true even though she conceded in a default judgment in March.
The default judgement means that Lake essentially told the court that the statements made about Richer were false, and conceded through the default judgement that the statements were untrue.
To date, the default judgment...
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