Kari Lake Faces Backlash From Arizona Republicans After Bribery Scandal

In an interview with Newsmax on Wednesday, Lake admitted to recording the conversation and hinted that she was the one who leaked it.

The senate hopeful explained her motivation for recording, saying, “I recorded this because I was worried, I thought there could be a threat.”

“I never listened to it until just a couple of days ago. And I don’t know what nudged me to listen to that recording,” she continued. “My daughter, who’s 20, was sitting with me. And I pressed play. And she was gasping listening to this call. And she said, ‘Mom, what are you going to do about this?’ And I wasn’t going to do anything about it. And I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, if I don’t do something about this kind of behavior, what will my daughter think?'”