In a sudden shift, Kari Lake is now admitting she defamed Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, her fellow Republican. What that leaves is the question of how much she and her campaign will have to pay him. Richer said the figure is yet to be determined, but will be "a lot.'' "She has been lying the entire time, we have told her she has been lying the entire time," he said. Lake's surprise court filing Tuesday came as Richer's attorneys were preparing to ask a judge to declare her in default for failing to file an answer to his complaint first filed last June. Lake, in essence, beat them to the punch by conceding everything Richer first alleged.