How MAGA Election Conspiracies Threaten Public Servants | Interview: Stephen Richer

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🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County recorder—a public official responsible for recording public documents—joins Jamie to discuss the harassment campaign against him and his thoughts about the 2024 election. The Agenda: —What is a county recorder? —The “lynch” threat —Looking into 2020 fraud claims —Richer’s defamation lawsuit —Did Trump know the 2020 fraud claims were false? —What happens in 2024? —Being a part of Trump’s GOP The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dispatch podcast. I'm Jamie Weinstein. My guest today is Stephen Richer.
0:06.6	Stephen is the Maricopa County recorder that is a county in Arizona, an important
0:12.0	county in Arizona. He important county in Arizona.
0:13.6	He was elected to that position in 2020.
0:16.3	He has become perhaps, I don't know many recorders,
0:19.3	but perhaps the most famous recorder,
0:20.8	certainly in the country now, maybe ever.
0:22.5	I don't know who else ever was in the position of recorder,
0:25.9	because he became an outspoken advocate
0:28.9	or at least response to those who claimed the 2020 election was stolen in Arizona.
0:34.4	A Republican himself, in fact a Republican as we find out who voted for Trump in 2020, he because of his role,
0:40.0	researched what the
0:43.7	occurred and was refusing to go along with what the party line was and said that
0:48.7	the election in Arizona was on the up and up.
0:51.8	We get into that and his trials and tribulations with standing up
0:55.9	against a loud chorus in his party among other topics including what will happen in
1:01.4	Arizona at a very important state again in 2024 this election cycle.
1:06.4	So without further ado I give you Mr Stephen Richards. Stephen Richard, welcome to the Dispat's broadcast.
1:26.4	Thank you very much for having me.
1:28.1	Now I have to be honest Stephen, I didn't even know what a recorder was until I started following you.
1:34.0	So not only are you the only recorder I've ever talked to,
1:37.8	you're the only recorder I've heard of,
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