Protect Democracy, on behalf of Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake, her campaign, and the Save Arizona Fund nonprofit, alleging "Harmful falsities to further their own agenda-and line their own pockets-at Richer's expense." The lawsuit claims that Kari Lake used her social media platforms, interviews, and public speeches to defame Richer by criticizing Maricopa County's handling of the 2022 election by implicating him in the machine and printer failures on election day and early ballots with no chain of custody.
"Since the November 2022 election, Defendants have repeatedly and falsely accused Richer of causing Lake's electoral defeat, including by claiming that Richer-a registered Republican- sabotaged the election to prevent Republican candidates, including Lake, from winning," states the filing.
These leftist goons are so desperate that they claim "Lake has likened Richer to an arsonist." In the tweet referenced, Kari Lake says "Getting tips from Stephen Richer about elections integrity is like getting fire safety tips from an arsonist." She has never said Richer is an arsonist or is like an arsonist.
Richer tweeted about the lawsuit on Thursday: The lawsuit is fully backed by Protect Democracy, a far-left Soros-tied nonprofit that worked tirelessly and petitioned the DOJ to shut down the Arizona 2020 election audit.
"The Recorder's Office hasn't followed the law," Richer said in at least one interview, and he often referred to Fontes as an "Incompetent criminal." Is this considered defamation? Richer is further seen in the video below, telling his supporters in 2020, "We haven't had transparency, we haven't had competency, we haven't even had lawfulness, we haven't had fairness in the Recorder's Office and in our election system." The Gateway Pundit reported in July 2021 that Richer was already under fire for turning on his constituents and opposing the Arizona Senate's audit of the 2020 election.
As The Gateway Pundit later reported in an exclusive story, former Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri confirmed on tape that Stephen Richer believes the elections in Maricopa County are fraudulent and that Dominion voting machines played a role.
Chucri also recalled a phone call with Richer in early 2021 where he Chucri said, "You know we can't use [Dominion]," and Richer responded, "Oh my God, I would totally support you on that." Additionally, last year, the Maricopa County Republican Committee formally censured Richer, calling on him to "Immediately resign or be recalled." Richer was already facing critique, insults, and what he would now call defamation for his behavior in the wake of the 2020 election.
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