“With this limitation in mind, the court is satisfied that the disputed statement — if indeed they are provable as false and defamatory — would be undeserving of the protections associated with our First Amendment’"

Arizona judge: Defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake to move forward

By News on the Net -- Arizona Daily Sun——Bio and Archives--December 25, 2023

PHOENIX — Kari Lake is now going to have to prove the charges she leveled against Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer are true if she wants to avoid being found guilty of defaming him.

In an extensive ruling Wednesday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jay Adleman said it is clear that the claims made by the failed Republican candidate for governor that Richer had sabotaged the election were not, as her lawyers claim, “mere rhetorical hyperbole.’’ ---More...

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