June 23 (UPI) -- Maricopa County's top election official has filed a defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake, accusing the failed GOP gubernatorial candidate of spreading false claims that he intentionally sabotaged her election, which has resulted in him and his family receiving death threats.

Lake lost November's gubernatorial race to Democrat Katie Hobbs by 17,117 votes. But the former TV anchor and prominent 2020 presidential election denier has refused to concede and filed multiple lawsuits to overthrow the election results on accusations the process was illegitimate and tainted.

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Despite each of her efforts being thrown out and her legal team being fined for repeating false statements related to last year's election, Lake maintains that she won the election.

On Thursday, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a Republican, sued Lake and her political action committees Kari Lake for Arizona and Save Arizona Fund for damages, on accusations that they have repeatedly defamed him following her defeat by saying he sabotaged the election to prevent her and other GOP candidates from being elected to office.

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In the 104-page lawsuit, Richer said Lake and her action committees have falsely and recklessly spread lies that he intentionally printed 19-inch images on 20-inch ballots so tabulators would jam as well as injected 300,000 invalid early-vote ballots into the Maricopa County vote count.

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