AZ GOP Chair Accuses Kari Lake Of ‘Set-Up’ In Secret Recording; Lake Denies ‘Blackmail’ Accusations

The chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, an ally of former President Donald Trump, resigned on Wednesday after audio emerged this week of him offering money to Kari Lake to stay out of the U.S. Senate race in the state. But in his statement of resignation, the now-former chairman suggested that Lake had acted nefariously. Chairman Jeff DeWit called the secret audio recording from Lake “deceptive” and “a selectively edited audio recording of our private conversation.” He went on to suggest that Lake had “orchestrated” the exchange in an attempt...