Kari Lake, who is running for U.S. Senate in Arizona, was paid $101,507 for her work at a company once headed by the former Arizona Republican Party chairman she helped oust last week.
Lake worked as an adviser to Superfeed Technologies from April 2021 to March 2023, according to a financial disclosure statement published on Tuesday. Jeff DeWit, who stepped down as party chairman last week following the release of audio in which he offered Lake what she viewed as a bribe to keep her out of the Senate race, led the company as its CEO until January 2023.
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Financial disclosures filed by Lake on Tuesday show she began working at the company, which builds apps for campaigns, a month after she left her longtime job as an anchor at Fox 10 in Phoenix. She left in March 2023, the same time the controversial recording between Lake and DeWit took place.
The same company made an app for Lake’s gubernatorial run that provided regular updates from Lake’s social media feed, notified users of campaign events, and connected them with donation and volunteer sign-up portals. According to reporting from the Daily Beast, the company wasn’t paid for its services.
In addition to the income from working with Superfeed, Lake received a $100,000 advance for her book with Winning Team Publishing. Lake also collected $75,000 in speaking fees between March and September, right ahead of the launch of her Senate campaign. The disclosures also showed Lake reporting assets worth between $2 and $4.5 million and that she has no debts.
In his resignation letter, DeWit accused Lake of selectively editing the recording of the conversation.
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“In light of the recent revelation that Kari Lake has released a selectively edited audio recording of our private conversation, I must clearly address this deceptive tactic. The recording, from over ten months ago, is not only taken out of context but also undermines the integrity of private discussions critical for party leadership,” DeWit said.
The disclosures shed light on Lake’s financial situation following her failed gubernatorial run last cycle. The race for Arizona’s Senate seat is already heating up. Lake will need to defeat Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb in a primary if she hopes to compete in what could be a three-way general election with progressive Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), the likely Democratic nominee, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), an independent. Sinema has not said if she is running for a second term after leaving the Democratic Party late last year.
