Smartmatic indicted in foreign bribery case, possibly endangering its lawsuits against Fox News and Giuliani

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How about this turn of events.

This could blow the lid off a lot of vote manipulation, aka voter fraud.

The Justice Department on Thursday filed foreign bribery charges against Smartmatic, the voting technology company that is suing Fox News and other prominent pro-Trump figures for defamation over their promotion of 2020 election lies.

The bribery and money laundering charges against Smartmatic arose from an existing case filed last year against some of its current and former executives, including its founder.

The indictment relates to an alleged $1 million bribe paid to the top election official in the Philippines to secure lucrative contracts for that country’s 2016 elections. The indictment doesn’t include any allegations of voter fraud or election-rigging against Smartmatic.


The news could be catastrophic for Smartmatic, potentially weakening its hand in pending 2020 election-related defamation lawsuits against Fox News, the Fox News host turned US attorney Jeanine Pirro, ex-Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.


The charges could undermine Smartmatic’s arguments that its reputation has been damaged solely by these pro-Trump figures and their brazen lies about the 2020 election.

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/media/smartmatic-doj-fox-giuliani-bribery-philippines

 

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More Democrat involved voter fraud.

 

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This is why none of the lawsuits with any of these people should have been settled out of court with Dominion.

But the insurance companies forced those settlements with Dominion before discovery.