The Arizona Supreme Court comprised entirely by Republican appointees put a hold on all proceedings in the defamation lawsuit a Maricopa County official filed against former television news reader, GOP gubernatorial nominee and current Senate candidate Kari Lake, the Arizona Republic reports. The decision suspends discovery and all filings until the state Supreme Court hears arguments about whether it should take the case.
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer sued Lake for claiming he was involved in a widespread plot to throw the state’s 2020 electoral win to Joe Biden even though, Lake claimed, Donald Trump had actually won. Oh, wait, no, different, conspiracy: Richer sued Lake after the 2022 election which Lake lost, though Lake claims Richer threw that election to Katie Hobbs, better known as the Kari Lake Conspiracy Tour ’22, to be followed by the ’24 version complete with Senate accomplices.