Giuliani Says Venezuelan ‘Chavez Approved’ Election Technology Used to Rig elections

Rudy Giuliani, Mr Trump’s personal lawyer leading the team, said the election was rigged by “a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro.”

They were irritated by the use of Dominion, a Canadian company.

He was also upset with the use of a Venezuelan company, Smartmatic, although it only operates in Los Angeles County.

“We could not believe that the company that owned this electoral machine was an ally of Hugo Chavez, an ally of Nicolas Maduro, and an ally of George Soros. What must we do to bring you to the truth? Said Mr. Giuliani.

” It’s real. It is not made up. There is no one here who indulges in fantasy. I know the crimes – I can smell them.

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He said the votes in Michigan were “counted in Germany, by a Venezuelan company.” Owned by people allied with Maduro and Chavez. “

Thousands of social media users have shared posts claiming software from Dominion Voting Systems, a company that provides electoral technology, is in use in the same six states where Mr. Trump was suing in connection with the presidential election. , suggesting that Dominion Voting responsible for electoral fraud.

Dominion voting systems have been used in at least 24 states.

Mr. Giuliani’s colleague Sidney Powell, the lawyer who pioneered the Obama-era officials’ “deep state” theory that was to thwart Mr. Trump, insisted that Hugo Chavez , who died in March 2013, had approved Smartmatic’s systems.

“We have evidence that it came from Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez, Cuba and China which has important interests in Venezuela.”

She added: “We have no idea how many Democratic officials paid for the election to be rigged in their favor. This is a massive and well-coordinated effort. This is the 1775 of our generation and beyond.

Ms Powell said Dominion workers went to closed polling stations overnight to tamper with ballots.

“There should never be another election – I don’t even care about the dog catcher – in this country using Dominion and Smartmatic machines,” she said.

Dominion, based in Toronto, has been majority owned since 2018 by Staple Street Capital, a New York-based private equity firm.

Dominion and Smartmatic have both issued statements indicating that there is no ownership relationship between the two competing companies.

Smartmatic is an international company incorporated in Florida by Venezuelan founders. There is no reason to believe Dominion has any ties to Venezuela, nor a partnership with Smartmatic.

Although Smartmatic technology was used in the Venezuelan elections, accusations by opponents of the government that the company rigged the elections in that country are without merit.

In 2017, the company accused the Venezuelan government of electoral fraud.

Smartmatic bought the voting machine company Sequoia Voting Systems in 2005, but sold it two years later after objections were raised about its partnership with a company in which the Venezuelan government had invested. Three years later, Dominion acquired Sequoia.

Election security experts say it’s difficult to know for sure whether Sequoia code can be used in Dominion software due to limited industry transparency. Dominion and Smartmatic claim that they are not using each other’s software.

“Dominion has no corporate ownership relationship with any member of the Pelosi family, the Feinstein family or the Clinton Global Initiative, Smartmatic, Scytl, or any connection with Venezuela,” Dominion said in a statement on its site. Web.

“Dominion works with all political parties; our clientele and government outreach practices reflect this non-partisan approach. “

Smartmatic concurred with its own statement, stating: “Smartmatic has never owned any stock or had any financial interest in Dominion Voting Systems.

“Smartmatic has never provided Dominion Voting Systems with any software, hardware or other technology. The two companies compete in the market. ”

Smartmatic only provided technology and software to Los Angeles County during the 2020 election, the company told the AP.

Its technology has not been used in any battlefield state, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, or North Carolina.

Dominion has been the target of a number of election misrepresentations being pushed by Trump supporters, among which the company has changed or deleted the votes cast for Mr. Trump and has ties to prominent democrats.

There is “no credible evidence” that the outcome of the 2020 election was altered through the exploitation of technical vulnerabilities, according to an open letter signed by 59 election security experts and published on November 16.