Two executives at Smartmatic, a voting machine company, were indicted in Florida on Thursday for allegedly bribing officials in the Philippines to secure contracts ahead of the 2016 election there, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida announced.
“No voter fraud has been alleged and Smartmatic is not indicted.
These are the values that Smartmatic lives by,” the company said in a statement.
Smartmatic has since filed a major defamation suit against Fox News and its parent company over the network’s reporting on the stolen election claims.
Fox News promoted the indictment of the Smartmatic executives in an email to reporters.
Persons:
Roger Piñate, Jorge Miguel Vasquez, “, Vasquez, Smartmatic, J, Erik Connolly, ”
Organizations:
Attorney's, Southern District of, Philippine, Fox News, NBC News
Locations:
Florida, Philippines, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Venezuelan, Los Angeles