My Deposition Today: Smartmatic v Newsmax!
Since when do Venezuelan firms get to harass American journalists about American elections?
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Today, I’m going into the proverbial den of lions — a roomful of high-priced lawyers from the voting machine companies.
What about reporters’ privilege — you ask?
It’s hard to say if it exists anymore in America.
Here are some interesting facts about Smartmatic gathered by lawyers for Fox News:
Smartmatic was forced to sell Sequoia after Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) asked the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to investigate Smartmatic “because of concerns that the government run by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ... owns a stake in the company.” [Ex.D4, Wall Street Journal, Smartmatic to Shed U.S. Unit, End Probe Into Venezuelan Links (Dec. 22, 2006).]
As one computer scientist expressed it on Lou Dobbs’ CNN show in a 2006 segment about Smartmatic, “we’re using equipment to elect our president and our Congress, and our local officials, that cannot be audited, that are potentially under the control of foreign entities, and that are almost an ideal platform for rigging an election.” [Ex.D6, CNN, Democracy at Risk (Nov. 3, 2006).]
Also in 2006, Chicago officials blamed Smartmatic/Sequoia machines—and in particular “software ... developed in Venezuela” — for a series of “irregularities” during an election in Chicago. [Ex.D5, N.Y. Times, U.S. Investigates Voting Machines’ Venezuela Ties (Oct. 29, 2006).]
Smartmatic and Dominion had a licensing agreement in the past that was the subject of a lawsuit between the two companies in Delaware court. [See Smartmatic Int’l Corp. v. Dominion Voting Sys. Int’l Corp., 2013 WL 1821608 (Del. Ch. May 1, 2013).]
That’s quite a record.
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The voting machine companies Smartmatic and Dominion want to search through my emails and telephone records in 2023.
It’s very expensive to prepare for litigation, and discovery, in these massive lawsuits brought by the voting machine companies. (Fox News paid out almost $800 million just last year.) They try to bankrupt and silence conservative journalists by dragging them through court proceedings for years.
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Fraudsters here, there, and everywhere. Venezuela needs to mind their own business. I agree with your take, Emerald, that foreign firms must stop harassing American journalists about American elections. TRUTH will eventually be revealed. Keep the faith! We have your back!