stephen richer is a top election official in the state. himself a republican who took office in january of 2021 as election lies hit overdrive. as recorder of maricopa county, one of the country's largest voting jurisdictions, richer refused to say trump had won. >> i doubt anyone in the country has looked at the 2020 election in arizona more than i have, and it checks out 100%. >> his defense of the integrity of arizona's elections led to death threats, a censure from the gop, and a lawsuit from kari lake. and the arizona gop dismisses the new indictment as a blatant abuse of power, what does maricopa county reporter stephen richer say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made in possible in part by robert grenari, vanessa and henry cornell, the tenner foundation, peter and mary calico, the azdaz family foundation, the ma kenna family foundation, the eric and wenny schmitt fund for strategic innovation, and by the following -- corporate funding is provided by stevens, inc, and by pfizer, inc. >> stephen richer, welcome to "firing