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Kari Lake: “Washington, D.C. operates on blackmail and bribes.”

Featuring: Kari Lake, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Arizona

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Kari Lake concedes she made false statements about Stephen Richer

Published | Video Starts at 01:09

The political elite will do anything to hold on to power and stop outsiders like me who they can't control. Washington, D.C. operates on blackmail and bribes. Since they can't blackmail or bribe me, they've resorted to filing a punishing lawsuit to try to stop me and bleed me dry. Blake is now running for Arizona's U.S. senate. (01:09–01:14)

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Asserts that Washington, D.C. operates through corrupt practices like blackmail and bribery.

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