Arizona GOP Chairman Resigns After Release Of Leaked Kari Lake Audio
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Jeff DeWit said his words were taken out of context, and that Lake was behind the effort to get him out of office.
The chairman of the Arizona Republican Party resigned Wednesday after the release of secret tapes purporting to show that GOP Senate hopeful Kari Lake was pressured by the state’s Republican leader to stay out of politics.
The leaked audio was released Tuesday by the Daily Mail. In the recording, Arizona GOP chairman Jeff DeWit appears to relay a conversation he had about securing a job or money for Lake so she wouldn’t run for office. The recording was allegedly made last year, during which time Lake was weighing a bid for U.S. Senate.
“So the ask I got today from back east was: ‘Is there any companies out there or something that could just put her on the payroll to keep her out?’” according to the recording obtained by the Daily Mail.
DeWit said the conversation was “selectively edited” from a private talk he had with Lake 10 months ago. He denies that he ever asked the former newscaster, who lost the 2022 governor’s race in Arizona, not to run for office again.
Lake is currently seeking the GOP Senate nod in Arizona. She’s also been rumored to be on former President Donald Trump’s short list of 2024 vice presidential picks.
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