PHOENIX (AP) — 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.
The court had already rejected her motion to dismiss the case, and the Arizona Supreme Court declined to take her appeal.
While declining to defend her statements in court, Lake maintains she was truthful and says she wants to avoid spending time and money on a protracted legal process.
Richer's lawsuit, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, names Lake, her husband, her campaign and her political fundraising group as defendants.
It details nearly three dozen times she made the claims publicly on social media or at rallies and news conferences.
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