Why it matters that Kari Lake won’t defend her statements in defamation suit

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Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'

Arizona’s Kari Lake has found herself at the center of several recent court cases, and none has gone her way. The Republican election denier first went to court in April 2022, asking that some local counties be blocked from using electronic election equipment. That lawsuit failed. In the wake of her defeat in a gubernatorial race, Lake filed another lawsuit, ostensibly to present evidence of election irregularities. That didn’t go well, either.

One of the GOP officials, Steven Richer, soon after filed suit, arguing that Lake’s false claims not only hurt his professional life and harmed his reputation, but also led to death threats against him and his family. Lake’s attorneys tried to have the case thrown out. Those efforts failed. Now, the former gubernatorial candidate — who’s currently running for the U.S. Senate — is prepared to stop trying to deny responsibility for her own rhetoric.

 

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