Failed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake has reached a settlement agreement with a local Arizona election official she falsely claimed rigged the 2022 election and caused her loss in the state’s gubernatorial election. The agreement brings an end to the defamation lawsuit brought against Lake by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer last year.
Two people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that the particulars of the settlement agreement are confidential, but Richer provided a statement to the newspaper saying that “both sides are satisfied with the result.”
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“We are pleased,” Lake’s lawyer, Dennis Wilenchik, said in a statement to NBC News. Wilenchik reportedly also emphasized that it was common practice for the terms of the settlement to remain private.
Richer, a registered Republican, in June 2023 filed a complaint against Lake, her campaign, and the fundraising entity that she controlled, describing them as knowingly deceitful and financially motivated.