NEWS ALERT: Arizona election official said he wanted to ‘make life hell’ for GOP candidate Kari Lake

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From the Daily Mail: The election official overseeing voting in Arizona’s most populous county told a friend last year that he was interested in pursuing a Senate run ‘to make life hell for Kari [Lake]’, according to court documents seen by DailyMail.com.

As Maricopa County Recorder, Stephen Richer is in charge of the ballots that could decide whether Lake triumphs in her tight run for the Senate.

But the comments will raise questions from allies of the conservative firebrand about whether he can be trusted to run a fair election.

The explosive words come from the transcript of a June 21 deposition that will be included in papers to be filed Friday as part of a defamation case brought by Richer against Lake.

They show Richer also describing himself as ‘anti-MAGA.’


The Daily Mail also shares the following from the transcript:

In the deposition, Richer is asked to look at communication between himself and a friend called Ben Blink.’

‘Mr Blink says what options are intriguing you?’ says a lawyer for Lake.

‘And your response if kind of a laundry list here of bullet points: Get out of politics permanently; get out of politics temporarily; run for reelection as a Republican; run for reelection as an independent; run for mayor if no Kate; and then finally run for U.S. Sen, just to fly the flag for real conservatism and make life hell for Kari.

‘Did I read that correctly?’

‘Yes,’ Richer replies.

Richer goes on to say that he never made a serious move to launch a run.

‘Why would you want to make life hell for Kari lake in March of 2023?’ he is asked.

‘I don’t remember,’ he replies. ‘I don’t think she’s a real conservative.’

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