Arizona Legal Analyst Compares Kari Lake's IQ To An Empty Beer Can
Arizona legal analyst Tom Ryan isn't a fan of failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake. In late March, Lake surrendered her right to defend herself against Stephen Richer's defamation lawsuit over her election lies. But, of course, she has continued to spew election lies.
The Maricopa County Recorder who presided over the 2022 election, Stephen Richer, filed a defamation claim against Lake in June, and called Lake's request for a jury for the default judgment hearing a "complete and total surrender on liability."
Ryan spoke with host Brahm Resnik to break it down.
"Start at the beginning because a lot of folks were confused, especially journalists, about what this default judgment was that she was seeking in this motion," Resnik said.
"She's seeking it, but she's not entitled to what she's asking for. Here's what happened," Ryan explained. "The case went all the way up to the Arizona Supreme Court. We won't get into the complexities of it all. It came back. She had 20 days to file an answer. She failed to do so. She defaulted. So anything she files after the default on Monday, March 25th, is a nullity."
"So, this document that she filed on Tuesday after she lost her right to answer, is gobbledygook, it's nonsense," he continued. "And it says all sorts of things that are simply not true."
"But what does a default mean?" Resnik asked.