Conservative donors have disputed hundreds of campaign contributions sent to Kari Lake, the former Arizona Senate candidate who is now helping Donald Trump dismantle Voice of America.
Even though Lake lost her bid to be a senator from Arizona in November, Federal Election Commission records show that she has continued to collect thousands of small-dollar donations through WinRed, the conservative counterpart to the liberal fundraising platform ActBlue.
Lake’s donations have drawn what political consultants said is a high rate of chargebacks, a reversed charge initiated by a donor’s bank after they dispute the transaction. Chargebacks are often considered a last-resort option for donors who can’t secure refunds. Lake, who once criticized a fellow Republican for a high rate of refunds, has drawn one chargeback for every seven donations in the first quarter of 2025, FEC records show.