{"id":2158449,"date":"2024-01-24T18:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T23:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-gop-chair-resigns-amid-kari-lake-bribery-audio-allegation-and-threat-claims\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T18:26:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T23:26:52","slug":"arizona-gop-chair-resigns-amid-kari-lake-bribery-audio-allegation-and-threat-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-gop-chair-resigns-amid-kari-lake-bribery-audio-allegation-and-threat-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona GOP Chair Resigns Over Kari Lake Bribery Audio and Threat Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-gop-chair-resigns-amid-kari-lake-bribery-audio-allegation-and-threat-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2158449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">f | Jeff DeWit (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images) b| Kari Lake(Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Abril \u200bElfi<\/h2>\n<h3>2:35 PM \u2013 Wednesday, January 24, 2024<\/h3>\n<p>An Arizona GOP chairman has resigned after an\u2062 audio recording \u2063was released where he \u200cpurportedly attempted to bribe Kari Lake to\u200b take\u2064 a pause from politics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Jeff DeWit (R-Ariz.) released a statement on X (Twitter) announcing his resignation and blaming Lake, alleging that she had\u200c threatened him by saying she would \u201crelease more \u2063recordings\u201d if he did not\u200c resign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis morning,\u2062 I was \u200ddetermined to fight for my position. However, a few\u200b hours ago I received an ultimatum from Lake\u2019s team: resign or face the\u2064 release of a new, more damaging recording,\u201d his letter said. \u201cI am truly unsure of its contents, but\u200c considering our numerous past\u2062 open conversations as friends, I have \u2064decided not to take\u200c the \u200drisk. I am resigning\u200c as Lake requested.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lake posted on X (Twitter) that she would be\u2064 answering any questions\u2062 regarding the \u201cbribery scandal\u201d on \u2063the online video platform Rumble at 8 p.m. ET on\u2063 Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FOR IMMEDIATE \u2064RELEASE: \u2062Statement from Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffDeWitAZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffDeWitAZ<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AZGOP?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AZGOP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qxKd2Pqlp6\">pic.twitter.com\/qxKd2Pqlp6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZGOP\/status\/1750234611890971064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am getting a lot of questions about the bribery\u200b scandal\u2062 &#038; corruption in DC.<\/p>\n<p>I have decided to go LIVE on Rumble tonight at 8:00 ET (6:00 AZ time) to answer your questions. <\/p>\n<p>I hope you\u2019ll join\u2063 me! \u2665\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kari Lake (@KariLake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1750211177462780386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement \u200bfrom <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolineWren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CarolineWren<\/a> and me: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YF0xzxFdTx\">https:\/\/t.co\/YF0xzxFdTx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iu3TlcHgY8\">pic.twitter.com\/iu3TlcHgY8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Garrett Ventry (@GarrettVentry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettVentry\/status\/1750250961015103753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January \u200b24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Her advisers,\u200c Caroline Wren and Garrett Ventry, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettVentry\/status\/1750250961015103753?s=20\">statement<\/a> that the \u201ctape speaks\u2063 for itself\u201d \u200cand \u2062that \u201cno \u200done from the Kari Lake campaign threatened \u200cor blackmailed DeWit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 the conversation with Lake, DeWit can be heard saying that the unidentified people, \u201cWant you \u200dto stay out for two years. They want\u200b you to be on their team.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m \u200cnot going to let \u2062these people in D.C. tell me not to run,\u201d Lake says in the recording. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>DeWit then asks, \u201cIs there \u2063a number at which\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI could \u2064be bought?\u201d Lake asks. \u201cNo\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>She then tells DeWit that, \u200d\u201cThis\u2064 is about getting Trump out. It\u2019s\u200b about getting DeSantis \u2064in,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m with Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually just wish that you\u2019d give me a \u200ccounter-offer that was big. Give me a\u200d counter,\u201d DeWit says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2063 can\u2019t be bought,\u201d she reiterated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, DeWit tried to claim in his written letter that Lake made a, \u201cselectively edited audio recording of our private conversation.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI genuinely believed I was offering a helpful perspective to someone I considered a friend,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to DeWit\u2019s claims, Lake recently made it her \u201cmission to destroy [him]\u201d ever since they had a conversation in which \u200dhe advised her to abandon her Senate campaign in \u200border to concentrate on a subsequent bid for governor. <\/p>\n<p>In October, Lake formally announced her Senate bid.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly\u2064 to your inbox for free. 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