Coverage dated March 26, 2024

Kari Lake declines to defend her statements in a defamation case

Headline from KTVZ Bend

By Fredreka Schouten, Veronica Stracqualursi and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate from Arizona who has advanced election conspiracy theories, is asking a judge to decide whether she must pay damages to a top county election official who sued her for defamation – a…

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  1. KTVZ Bend

    Kari Lake declines to defend her statements in a defamation case (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Fredreka Schouten, Veronica Stracqualursi and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate from Arizona who has advanced election conspiracy theories, is asking a judge to decide whether she must pay damages to a top county election official who sued her for defamation – a…

  2. New York Post

    Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake pleads no contest in 2022 election worker defamation suit (opens New York Post)

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    Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake pleaded no contest on Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit brought against her by a state election worker whom she accused of rigging the 2022 gubernatorial election.

  3. Washington Times

    Kari Lake declines to defend against defamation lawsuit filed by Arizona election official (opens Washington Times)

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    Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who says she lost a 2022 race for governor because of fraud, is declining to defend against a defamation lawsuit filed by a top election official.

  4. Washington Examiner

    Kari Lake won’t defend herself in Arizona defamation lawsuit and asks court to decide damages (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Kari Lake forfeited her right to defend herself in a defamation lawsuit.

  5. Arizona Capitol Times

    Kari Lake concedes defamation lawsuit brought by fellow Republican | Arizona Capitol Times (opens Arizona Capitol Times)

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    Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s defamation suit against former gubernatorial and current Senate candidate Kari Lake is ending in a default judgment in Richer’s favor.

  6. Anchorage Daily News

    Kari Lake won’t defend statements about Arizona election official that led to defamation suit (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Lake is a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who has amplified former president Donald Trump’s false claims about rigged elections.

  7. NBC News

    Kari Lake declines to defend her statements in defamation suit filed by Arizona election official (opens NBC News)

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    The Senate candidate's legal team indicated that she does not contest her culpability regarding statements cited by Stephen Richer, who filed the lawsuit.

  8. Fox10 Phoenix

    Kari Lake declines to defend defamation lawsuit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Kari Lake, who ran for Arizona governor in 2022 and is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by outgoing Kyrsten Sinema, is declining to defend against a defamation lawsuit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer.

  9. WFMZ Allentown

    Kari Lake declines to defend defamation lawsuit filed by Arizona election official (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who says she lost a 2022 race for governor because of fraud, is declining to defend against a defamation lawsuit filed by

  10. The Guardian

    Kari Lake won’t contest claims she defamed Arizona election official (opens The Guardian)

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    Republican sued by Stephen Richer, top Maricopa county official, last year after she lost her gubernatorial bid and lied about him

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