{"id":2499775,"date":"2025-10-16T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smartmatic-charged-in-alleged-plan-to-bribe-officials-in-philippines\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:17:40","slug":"smartmatic-charged-in-alleged-plan-to-bribe-officials-in-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smartmatic-charged-in-alleged-plan-to-bribe-officials-in-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartmatic charged in alleged plan to bribe officials in Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmartmatic-charged-in-alleged-plan-to-bribe-officials-in-philippines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S.Justice Department has charged voting machine company Smartmatic with conspiring to bribe foreign officials and engaging in money laundering in an alleged scheme to secure business in the Philippines. According to court filings,several Smartmatic executives allegedly paid over $1 million in bribes to filipino election officials between 2015 and 2018. These payments were intended to help Smartmatic win a government contract for the 2016 presidential election and to obtain payment for their services. This case unfolds while Smartmatic is also involved in ongoing litigation against Fox News, suing for $2.7 billion over claims that the company manipulated the 2020 U.S. presidential election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Smartmatic charged in alleged scheme to bribe election officials in Philippines<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2375144\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\">Justice Department <\/a>charged voting machine company Smartmatic with conspiring&nbsp;to bribe foreign officials and money laundering in an alleged effort to win business in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/philippines\/\">Philippines.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several executives from the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >company allegedly bribed election officials<\/a> in the Philippines with more than $1 million. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3852234\/judge-extends-order-blocking-deployment-national-guard-portland\/\">Federal judge extends order blocking deployment of National Guard to Portland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/3851918\/state-department-adviser-china-officials-1000-top-secret-documents-in-home\/\">Foreign State Department adviser who met China officials held over 1,000 &#8216;top secret&#8217; documents in home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3852006\/judge-halts-trump-federal-worker-layoffs\/\">Judge halts Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-campaign-chief-advises-members-to-avoid-in-person-town-halls-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"House Republican campaign chief advises members to avoid in person town halls - Washington Examiner\">federal worker layoffs<\/a> during government shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Smartmatic representative demonstrates his company&rsquo;s system at a meeting of the Secure, Accessible &amp; Fair Elections Commission, Aug. 30, 2018, in Grovetown, Georgia. (Bob Andres\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The payments were made between 2015 and 2018 and were aimed at obtaining a contract with the country&rsquo;s government for its 2016 presidential election and receiving payment for its work, a filing in a Miami federal court said.<\/p>\n<p>The case comes as Smartmatic is in pending litigation with Fox News for a $2.7 billion lawsuit&nbsp;over the company&rsquo;s airing of claims that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-dont-respect-women-fox-news-producer-says-she-was-set-up-in-dominion-case\/\" title=\"&#039;They don&#039;t respect women&#039;: Fox News producer says she was set up in Dominion case\">company helped rig<\/a> the 2020 U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartmatic accused of bribing Philippine election officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2499776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/smartmatic.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[20427,8773,32360,14194,5428],"class_list":["post-2499775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bribery","tag-corruption","tag-election-fraud","tag-philippines","tag-smartmatic"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/smartmatic.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499775"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499779,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499775\/revisions\/2499779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}