Ariz. GOP Chair Jeff DeWit Resigns Over Leaked Kari Lake Audio
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Well, that was fast. Mere hours after Kari Lake demanded on Tuesday that he step down, Arizona’s Republican Party chair, Jeff DeWit, resigned over the…
The now-former head of the state's Republican Party accused Lake of leaking a recording in which he offers compensation if she will take "a pause for a couple of years" from running for public office.
“This is obviously a concern given how much interaction she has with high profile people including President Donald Trump,” wrote Jeff DeWit.
“No one from the Kari Lake campaign threatened or blackmailed DeWit,” Wren and Ventry said in a statement. “It is unfortunate that Dewit hasn’t recognized how unethical his behavior was and still hasn’t apologized to Arizona Republicans.”