Kari Lake forfeited her right to defend herself in a defamation lawsuit.
Lake, who lost her 2022 bid for governor to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs , justified her decision by saying she was a victim of lawfare, or the use of the legal system to impoverish a political opponent. She requested that the judge set a default judgment hearing, forfeiting her right to defend herself, and instead go straight to determining whether or not damages are owed to the plaintiff and how much.
The lawsuit was brought forward by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who accused Lake of making defamatory statements surrounding the 2022 gubernatorial election. Richer, who is also a Republican and filed the lawsuit from a personal capacity, claimed Lake and her gubernatorial campaign team falsely accused him of causing the loss,“Complete and total surrender by @KariLake,” he wrote in a post on X. “Kari: You lied. You just accepted liability.
“By participating in this lawsuit, it would only serve to legitimize this perversion of our legal system and allow bad actors to interfere in our upcoming election,” she said in a video statement. “So I won’t be taking part. Instead, I will focus, and continue to focus, on the issues that matter to the people of Arizona — securing the border, bringing back our economy, improving health care and education. Arizona is worth fighting for, and that’s exactly what I will continue to do.
The political elite will do anything to hold onto power and STOP outsiders like me– they’ve resorted to filing a ludicrous defamation lawsuit to try to stop me and bleed me dry.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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