Arizona GOP Chairman Jeff Dewit steps down after a bombshell bribery revelation by senatorial candidate Kari Lake on Tuesday.
The recording revealed the GOP chairman asking if there is a dollar “number” that would convince her to postpone her senate bid.
DeWit claimed that Lake edited the recording and that it was taken out of context. He also pressed that it “undermines the integrity of private discussions critical for party leadership.”
DeWit claimed he was only “looking out” for Lake’s financial interests and blasted Lake for an “ethical breach” in recording their conversation.
Dewitt also accuses Lake of destroying him, and alleges that his remarks were done in “good faith.”
He also attempts to maliciously warn Lake’s associates of her “disturbing tendency to exploit private interactions for personal gain” and her “habit of secretly recording personal and private conversations.”
The disgraced GOP chairman also pressed that he is a “proud supporter of President Trumper, where he worked as “COO and CFO” during his 2016 campaign.
However, whatever the intentions were, the bribery did happen.
DeWit, in the statement, expressed that his resignation came only after being informed that there were additional recordings of their conversations and would be released if he refused to step down.
[Original Story] BOMBSHELL EXPOSÉ: Arizona GOP Chair Attempted Bribery Against Kari Lake
Arizona GOP chairman Jeff DeWit was caught bribing Republican Senate Candidate Kari Lake in a secret recording.
DeWitt claims that “very powerful people” who are “back east”, who most likely refer to Republicans inside the Capitol, want the TV personality out of the Arizona senate race. He even enticed Lake, saying they were willing to pay her big-time.
DeWit, who even thought of asking secrecy, was heard asking Lake if “there is a [dollar] number” for which she would abandon her candidacy.
“Just say, is there a number at which…,” says the chairman. Before Lake cuts him off and asks him directly: “I can be bought? That’s what it’s about?”
To which the chairman responded, “Pause for a couple of years.”
Lake stood firm and said: “Ten million? Twenty million? Thirty? No…a billion? No.”
She added that her run for the senate is not about the money. Lake also called DeWit’s offer “disturbing.”
But DeWit did not stop. He pursued Lake, sharing that the D.C. Republicans see her as not “being on the team.”
“I think what it really comes down to for a lot of people, it’s not about like control or agenda,” Dewit added.
“It’s about the ability to raise money to win.”
