Perhaps Smartmatic wasn't too Smart Afterall

Roger Piñate

Smartmatic President Indicted on Bribery and Money Laundering Charges

A federal grand jury in South Florida on Thursday indicted Venezuelan-American executive Roger Piñate, founder and president of the voting-machine company Smartmatic, on charges of involving a bribery and money-laundering scheme used to secure elections contracts in the Philippines.

According to federal prosecutors Piñate, 49, a Boca Ratón resident, along with Jorge Miguel Vasquez, 62, of Davie, and others others were involved in the payment of a $1 million in bribes to the former chairman of the Philippines’ Commission on Elections, Juan Andres Donato Bautista.

“These bribes were allegedly paid to obtain and retain business related to providing voting machines and election services for the 2016 Philippine elections and to secure payments on the contracts, including the release of value added tax payments,” the U.S. Justice Department said in a press release.

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I wonder if this will help Fox News in the Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against them over its airing of 2020 election "lies," which alleges executives at the right-wing cable channel’s parent company knew it was spreading false claims. But were they?

If Smartmatic, a multinational company that builds and implements electronic voting system did it in the Phillippines, why is it impossible to believe they didn't do it during the 2020 Election right here in the U.S.A. or even manipulate the machines? Just a question.