“I’m suing Kari Lake. I’d hoped the defamation would stop after the election. I waited. I’d hoped it would stop after the first election trial. I waited. I’d hoped it would stop after the appeal. I waited. I’d hoped it would stop after the second trial. I waited. I’d hoped it would stop after she got a new job. I waited,” Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer posted on Twitter. “But then I realized I AM the job. Defaming me is her path to campaign donations, speaking opportunities, and national trips.”
Per the Washington Post, Richter, a Republican, claims Lake continues to target him, blaming him personally for her loss and the election losses of other Republicans, saying that Richter rigged the vote tallies against them in her Trump-esque “there’s no possible way I lost the election I just lost” self-delusional bubble. Lake has claimed Richter did a variety of things to engineer the Democratic wins, including, she claims, inserting 300,000 fake ballots to swing the election. And of course, there were the bamboo ballots.