Though #Smartmatic machines were used in only one #US county during the #2020election — Los Angeles, which #Trump lost by more than 1.8 million — the company has remained a target for Trump & his allies, who have claimed without any evidence that the election was rigged.
The company also contends that #FoxNews & others #Smartmatic has sued for #defamation for statements about the firm’s voting machines are exploiting the criminal case in their defense.
While such defense claims are notoriously difficult to win in court, they have gained traction with federal judges as the #DOJ under #Trump has increasingly used its authority to target the president’s political foes.
A voting machine company at the heart of #ConspiracyTheories about the #2020election accused the #DOJ Tuesday of bringing a criminal case against it to further Trump’s baseless claims about that vote.
The parent company of London-based #Smartmatic asked a federal judge to dismiss foreign bribery charges filed against it last year, alleging they amounted to little more than a vindictive & selective prosecution.
#Smartmatic says it’s being targeted by #DOJ to bolster false 2020 claims
The voting machine company asked a judge to dismiss foreign bribery charges filed against it last year, alleging a vindictive & selective prosecution.
#law #Trump #BigLie #ElectionInterference
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/10/smartmatic-trump-vindictive-prosecution-claim/
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A Smartmatic court filing revealed that a survey of employees done by Fox's human resources department found that the staff has a "resounding lack of confidence" in the company as a news organization. Among the problems employees had with the company were ethics, fair treatment, and their efforts to...
Smartmatic Added To DOJ Bribery Indictment; Company Calls It “Targeted, Political And Unjust”
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #ForeignCorruptPracticesAct #FoxNews #JusticeDepartment #Smartmatic
https://deadline.com/2025/10/smartmatic-indictment-trump-fox-news-1236589762/
Smartmatic, the election systems company that has sued Fox News and other outlets on the right for defamation, was added to an indictment on Thursday involving alleged violations of foreign corruption laws by three executives. The company is alleged to have conspired to bribe foreign officials as a way to get business in the Philippines. […]
#DOJ says #Smartmatic execs bribed officials for $1M
#Federal prosecutors have charged #voting tech firm Smartmatic with money laundering & other crimes arising from >$1M in bribes that several execs allegedly paid to #election officials in the Philippines.
The 2015–2018 payments were made to obtain a contract with the Philippines govt to help run that country’s 2016 presidential election & secure the timely payment for its work….
#law #propaganda
https://apnews.com/article/smartmatic-bribery-charges-philippines-97a1c66eaedf769ad0e64a52166be90b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-16-Breaking+News
Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes several executives allegedly paid to election officials in the Philippines. The payments, between 2015 and 2018, were made to obtain a contract with the Philippines government to help run that country’s 2016 presidential election and secure the timely payment for its work, according to a superseding indictment filed Thursday in Miami federal court. Three former executives of Smartmatic, including co-founder Roger Pinate, were previously charged in 2024 but at the time Smartmatic was not named as a defendant.
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