ABC Information reporter Jonathan Karl fact-checked Kari Lake, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arizona, on her false claims in regards to the 2020 election.
Lake, a former reporter for Fox’s KSAZ-TV, has repeatedly made voter fraud claims consistent with former President Donald Trump and has referred to the 2020 election as stolen and corrupt.
Lake refused to reply CNN’s Dana Bash final week about whether or not she’d settle for an election loss in November. On Sunday, she advised Karl that she’d settle for the election outcomes if the election was “truthful, trustworthy and clear.”
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Lake not too long ago claimed that Arizona’s Maricopa County had accepted 2,000 mail-in ballots after Election Day in 2020. Election officers within the county mentioned that wasn’t true.
In his report, Karl famous {that a} county investigation had decided that there have been solely “100 probably questionable ballots forged out of two.1 million, hardly sufficient to alter the outcomes.”
Karl additionally pushed for a solution from Lake on her declare that 740,000 ballots within the county had no chain of custody.
″[You said] these ballots shouldn’t have been counted. Are you actually saying you’d throw out the ballots of 740,000, that’s almost three-quarter of one million Arizonans? I imply, these had been ballots…” Karl requested earlier than Lake interjected.
“740,000 ballots violated chain of custody necessities in Maricopa County,” Lake replied.
Karl mentioned her declare was not true.
“I imply the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors put out a 98-page report that went by these allegations,” Karl mentioned.
“OK, that could be a reality. That may be a reality. Test your info,” Lake mentioned.
Watch the change beginning across the 3:52 mark within the clip under:
ABC Information checked Lake’s “reality” with Maricopa County. Officers refuted her declare with an announcement saying the county all the time had management of the ballots and ballots “had been sealed in envelopes and secured in containers that bipartisan couriers are prohibited from opening.”
Lake is operating towards Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs. Hobbs has refused to debate Lake over fears that she was extra fascinated about concocting a spectacle for viewers.
Latest polls present Lake has a slight edge over Hobbs as Election Day approaches in simply over two weeks, based on polling aggregation website FiveThirtyEight.