In the wake of the bribery scandal engulfing the Arizona Republican Party, Donald Trump has canceled his planned speech at Friday's Arizona Freedom Fest, per journalist Cameron Arcand.

For background, on Tuesday the Daily Mail published an audio recording of then-Arizona Republican Party chair Jeff DeWit speaking with Kari Lake in March 2023 in which he told her that "very powerful people back east" did not want her to run for Kyrsten Sinema's U.S. Senate seat in 2024 and were willing to pay millions of dollars for her to stay out of politics for a few years. Lake declined the offer.

On Wednesday DeWit resigned from his post and claimed that Lake was actually his employee at the time at a private business and he was simply giving her friendly advice.

Trump's speech was announced prior to the outbreak of the scandal and was being heavily promoted.

This is a developing story; we will provide updates as they become available.