Smartmatic 试图驳回刑事起诉, 称其为政治动机的报复, 与特朗普的虚假选举诉求相关。 Smartmatic seeks to dismiss a criminal indictment, calling it a politically motivated retaliation tied to Trump’s false election claims.

Smartmatic要求一名联邦法官撤销对菲律宾和委内瑞拉与合同有关的洗钱和贿赂的刑事起诉, 声称起诉是政治“报复运动”的一部分, 与前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)关于2020年选举的不实指控相关。 Voting technology company Smartmatic has asked a federal judge to dismiss a criminal indictment alleging money laundering and bribery tied to contracts in the Philippines and Venezuela, claiming the prosecution is part of a political "campaign of retribution" linked to former President Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election. 该公司通过其英国母公司SGO公司表示,自2021年以来,它与司法部充分合作,提供数百万份文件,并认为在扩大起诉范围之前,它已接近解决。 The company, through its UK parent SGO Corporation, says it has fully cooperated with the Justice Department since 2021, providing millions of documents, and believed it was nearing resolution before the indictment was expanded. 检察官声称,来自洛杉矶州3亿美元合同的资金通过空壳公司和假发票被挪用,而且不再为该公司工作的共同创始人Roger Pinate用豪华住宅贿赂委内瑞拉前选举主管。 Prosecutors allege funds from a $300 million Los Angeles County contract were diverted through shell companies and fake invoices, and that co-founder Roger Pinate, who no longer works for the company, bribed Venezuela’s former election chief with a luxury home. Smartmatic坚持其业务下滑源于内部不当行为，而非媒体报道，尽管他们曾起诉媒体人物，指控其与选举舞弊有关的诽谤性指控。 Smartmatic maintains its business decline stemmed from internal misconduct, not media coverage, though it has sued media figures over defamatory claims linking it to election fraud. 白宫没有作出评论。 The White House did not comment.