An Arizona judge ruled Wednesday that losing Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate and current GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake can face defamation charges brought by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who asserts Lake wrongly claimed rigged various elections, the Arizona Republic reports.
Lake, who says she’s the Rightful Governor of Arizona despite various court judgments demonstrating her tenuous grasp on reality, repeatedly targeted Richer in statements and social media posts, claiming he was a partisan hack installed to help cover up a massive election fraud plot to deprive her and Donald Trump of their rightful victories. After multiple recounts and audits, no irregularities in the Maricopa County vote counts were found.
The Rightful Governor of Arizona posted online, without evidence, that Richer is has “Soros-backed attorneys representing him” adding the predictable conspiracy: “This is about taking away our First Amendment rights and interfering in the US Senate race.”