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ReportingJul 2, 2026

Voting Machine Firm Smartmatic Indicted In Bribery Case

A federal grand jury in Miami on Thursday charged multinational election technology company Smartmatic and several of its top executives with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar bribery and money-laundering scheme. In…

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ReportingJul 1, 2026

Smartmatic Settles Lawsuit With Newsmax Over 2020 Election Defamation Case

Newsmax and voting technology firm Smartmatic reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit on Thursday. The last-minute agreement came just as jury selection began in a Delaware courtroom, with opening statements…

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ReportingAug 5, 2025

Smartmatic Executive Accused Of Bribing Top Venezuelan Election Official

Federal prosecutors in South Florida brought serious charges Monday against Roger Piñate, a Venezuelan-American tech executive and co-founder of the voting technology company Smartmatic. The allegations say Piñate…

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ReportingAug 31, 2021

Sidney Powell Walks Off Interview After Being Pressed on Claims Against Election Tech Company

Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell briefly fled an interview after a reporter pressed her about claims she made against an election technology company. Both Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic have filed defamation…

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