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Jilly_in_VA

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Wed Jan 24, 2024, 04:17 PM Jan 2024

Arizona GOP chair resigns after Kari Lake bribery allegation, says she threatened him

The chairman of the Arizona GOP resigned Wednesday after the release of an audiotape on which he offered Kari Lake, a top Trump ally and a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, lucrative job opportunities to take a two-year pause from politics.

“He’s got to resign. We can’t have someone who is corrupt and compromised running the Republican Party,” Lake told NBC News on Tuesday, referring to state chair Jeff DeWit.

DeWit did not respond to a request for comment but posted a letter on X saying he was resigning "as Lake requested" — while also claiming her people had threatened to release another incriminating tape if he didn't comply.

"This morning, I was determined to fight for my position. However, a few hours ago I received an ultimatum from Lake's team: resign or face the release of a new, more damaging recording," his letter said. "I am truly unsure of its contents, but considering our numerous past open conversations as friends, I have decided not to take the risk. I am resigning as Lake requested," he added.

Lake advisers Caroline Wren and Garrett Ventry said in a statement on X that the "tape speaks for itself" and that "No one from the Kari Lake campaign threatened or blackmailed DeWit."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/arizona-gop-chair-resigns-kari-lake-bribery-allegation-says-threatened-rcna135492

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Arizona GOP chair resigns after Kari Lake bribery allegation, says she threatened him (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 OP
"We can't have someone who is corrupt and compromised thucythucy Jan 2024 #1
Top AZ GOPer accuses Kari Lake and her team of blackmailing him. So he's quitting the party. LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #2

thucythucy

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1. "We can't have someone who is corrupt and compromised
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 04:19 PM
Jan 2024

running the Republican Party."

And yet she supports Trump.

Go figure.

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