Arizona GOP Chair Resigns Amid Accusation Of Having Offered Bribe To Vaseline Woman To Drop Senate Bid

Phoenix’s ABC affiliate reports:

The head of the Arizona GOP is stepping down after audio tapes with U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake were released, where he reportedly offered Lake money to stay out of this year’s senate race to focus on running for governor.

Chairman Jeff DeWit released a statement Wednesday where he adamantly denied Lake’s accusation, but he also announced his resignation in the statement. He accuses Lake’s team of threatening to share another “more damaging” recording if he did not resign today.

DeWit says the recorded conversation that was released took place while Lake was employed by his private company, and added, “the ethical breach in her recording of our conversation, while Lake was my employee, raises serious legal and moral concerns.”

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DeWit, a former Trump aide and election denier, last appeared here in early 2023 when he succeeded fellow nutbag Kelli Ward as GOP chair with the support of Kari Lake. Audio of DeWit’s apparently real offer to Lake is below. The cult has been screaming about it for days.

BREAKING: Arizona Republican Party Chair Jeff DeWit resigned Wednesday after audio was leaked of him apparently offering Kari Lake a financial incentive to stay out of the 2024 U.S. Senate race.https://t.co/WlOkOif1jP

— KTAR News 92.3 (@KTAR923) January 24, 2024

Arizona Republican Party chair Jeff DeWit resigned after a recording surfaced in which he conveyed an offer from “very powerful people” to give Kari Lake a job in exchange for staying out of the 2024 U.S. Senate race.https://t.co/X4Ak1xEXdp

— Axios (@axios) January 24, 2024