Read previewThe chairman of the Arizona Republican Party resigned on Wednesday, alleging the GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake all but forced him into doing so.
Lake, apparently recording the in-person interaction herself, can be heard repeatedly rejecting the entreaties, saying she wouldn't even do it for $1 billion.
Lake later told NBC News in Hampshire — where she was attending the election night party for former President Donald Trump — that DeWit should resign.
"I received an ultimatum from Lake's team: resign today or face the release of a new, more damaging recording," said DeWit.
AdvertisementIn a statement to Business Insider, a spokesman for the Lake campaign denied DeWit's account, saying that "no one from the Kari Lake campaign threatened or blackmailed DeWit."
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