1/ Trump's legal team is suggesting software from Smartmatic undermined the US election.
One question is how did they go from being a small and virtually unknown company in Venezuela to winning a $128 million election contract with Hugo Chavez's govt in 2004.
Leet's find out.
One question is how did they go from being a small and virtually unknown company in Venezuela to winning a $128 million election contract with Hugo Chavez's govt in 2004.
Leet's find out.
2/ One clue comes from the publication el Politico.
In 2017 they linked Smartmatic co-founder Alfredo José Anzola to the head of the country's election council, Jorge Rodriguez, who later became VP in Chavez's government.
It's also rumored Anzola was dating Rodriguez's sister.
In 2017 they linked Smartmatic co-founder Alfredo José Anzola to the head of the country's election council, Jorge Rodriguez, who later became VP in Chavez's government.
It's also rumored Anzola was dating Rodriguez's sister.
3/ I think he was. A diplomatic cable sent from the US embassy in Caracas in 2004, mentions a fire in the sister's parking garage on August 6.
And it says the authorities found a Smartmatic voting machine in a car parked next to the car that was burned.
And it says the authorities found a Smartmatic voting machine in a car parked next to the car that was burned.
4/ Who would be visiting Rodriguez's sister with a Smartmatic voting machine in their car?
Another embassy cable reveals a second connection between Smartmatic and the govt via the future VP Rodriguez.
The company paid his bill at an exclusive resort in Boca Raton, Florida.
Another embassy cable reveals a second connection between Smartmatic and the govt via the future VP Rodriguez.
The company paid his bill at an exclusive resort in Boca Raton, Florida.
5/ Smartmatic co-founder Anzola would die in a plane crash in 2008, while Rodriguez and his sister are today subject to international sanctions.
But it does look like Smartmatic was closely tied to Chavez's govt.
Will have more soon
But it does look like Smartmatic was closely tied to Chavez's govt.
Will have more soon
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