{"id":543208,"date":"2021-05-27T15:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T19:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=543208"},"modified":"2021-05-27T15:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T19:50:46","slug":"fact-check-did-a-dominion-voting-systems-whistleblower-say-3-8-million-votes-were-switched-to-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-dominion-voting-systems-whistleblower-say-3-8-million-votes-were-switched-to-joe-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did A Dominion Voting Systems Whistleblower Say 3.8 Million Votes Were Switched To Joe Biden?"},"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\">34<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-a-dominion-voting-systems-whistleblower-say-3-8-million-votes-were-switched-to-joe-biden%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=543208&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229385951-scaled-e1620415238232.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10225768462221289&amp;set=a.10201235491152345&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid%3D10225768462221289%26set%3Da.10201235491152345%26type%3D3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1622035933007000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHpADWRN8-wSmR0BTDYPo74Au4VAw\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 1,800 times claims a whistleblower from Dominion Voting Systems came forward and said the firm switched 3.8 million votes to President Joe Biden in the November election.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact didn\u2019t find any evidence of a Dominion Voting Systems whistleblower coming forward with such a claim. Baseless allegations about Dominion Voting Systems machines switching votes have been circulating since November 2020.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10225768462221289&amp;set=a.10201235491152345&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 22 Facebook post<\/a> reads: \u201cA whistleblower inside Dominion Voting Systems has come forward. Claims software company changed 3.8 Million votes, stealing election for Biden. There are now 3 that have come forward. Crazy Huh!? There are NOW \u20183\u2019 who\u2019ve come forward!\u201d The post seemingly attributes the claim to a May 21 post on the social media platform Clouthub by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani has previously claimed that Dominion Voting Systems flipped votes from former President Donald Trump to Biden, saying, \u201cwhen you pressed down Biden, you got Trump, and when you pressed down Trump you got Biden,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/25\/technology\/rudy-giuliani-dominion-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Check Your Fact searched Giuliani\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/app.clouthub.com\/public\/f2456531-9cd8-47a4-ab92-2ef4ecbde599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clouthub<\/a> account but found no mention of a Dominion Voting Systems whistleblower in his publicly available posts.<\/p>\n<p>A search of Giuliani\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=whistleblower%20(from%3ARudyGiuliani)%20until%3A2021-05-25%20since%3A2020-11-03&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=3.8%20million%20(from%3ARudyGiuliani)%20until%3A2021-05-25%20since%3A2020-11-03&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">did not<\/a> yield any results for the whistleblower allegation, either. Nor did a search of <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/RudyGiuliani?page=1&amp;per_page=50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ProPublica\u2019s<\/a> archive of Giuliani\u2019s deleted tweets from November 2018 to January 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/02\/05\/fact-check-mike-lindell-absolute-proof-election-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Fact-Checking My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell\u2019s \u2018Absolute Proof\u2019 Election Fraud Special)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact didn\u2019t find any record in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=dominion+3.8+million+votes+flipped&amp;ei=802tYLDRMbmx5NoP0cCzyAE&amp;oq=dominion+3.8+million+votes+flipped&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgAToFCAAQkQI6BQguEJECOgsILhCxAxDHARCjAjoFCAAQsQM6AgguOggIABCxAxCDAToKCC4QsQMQQxCTAjoLCAAQsQMQgwEQkQI6BAgAEEM6DQguELEDEMcBEKMCEEM6CAgAELEDEMkDOgUIABCSAzoFCC4QsQM6CAguELEDEIMBOgIIADoOCC4QsQMQxwEQowIQkwI6CAguEMcBEK8BOgsILhCxAxDHARCvAToLCC4QxwEQrwEQkwI6AggmOgYIABAWEB46BQghEKsCOgcIIRAKEKABUNjhCVj8hQpgyYYKaANwAHgBgAGQAYgBxBWSAQQzMC41mAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesABAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjwltbVxuXwAhW5GFkFHVHgDBkQ4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=dominion+3.8+million+votes+flipped&amp;t=hc&amp;va=u&amp;ia=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> of a supposed third whistleblower from Dominion Voting Systems coming forward and saying 3.8 million votes had been switched. <a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/new-false-claim-2020-election-fraud-targets-dominion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/leadstories.com\/hoax-alert\/2021\/05\/fact-check-no-evidence-whistleblower-claimed-dominion-changed-votes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fact-checkers<\/a> have also debunked the claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know the source, or the alleged substantiation behind this anonymous claim,\u201d Kay Stimson, Dominion Voting Systems\u2019 Vice President for Government Affairs, told Check Your Fact in an email. \u201cIt seems like yet another attempt to drum up false hope that there is \u2018new information\u2019 to support false claims which have been widely debunked for months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The baseless claim that Dominion Voting Systems machines switched votes to Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2020\/11\/14\/fact-check-dominion-voting-machines-didnt-delete-switch-votes\/6282157002\/\">been<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/liberalsarenuts.com\/2020\/11\/15\/their-software-changed-3-8-million-votes-stole-election\/\">circulating<\/a> since November 2020. In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/news\/2020\/11\/12\/joint-statement-elections-infrastructure-government-coordinating-council-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joint November 2020 statement<\/a>, the Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council Executive Committee and the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council said there is \u201cno evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dominion Voting Systems includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dominionvoting.com\/election2020-setting-the-record-straight\/\">page<\/a> on its website addressing viral claims about the 2020 election. The election technology firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dominionvoting.com\/election2020-setting-the-record-straight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">states<\/a> there that claims of its voting machines switching votes are \u201cbaseless\u201d and \u201chave been debunked by election officials, subject matter experts and third-party fact checkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security also issued a joint statement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/joint-statement-departments-justice-and-homeland-security-assessing-impact-foreign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March<\/a> stating claims that foreign governments changed vote counts and owned election infrastructure \u201cwere not credible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook over 1,800 times claims a whistleblower from Dominion Voting Systems came forward and said the firm switched 3.8 million votes to President Joe Biden in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313303,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229385951-scaled-e1620415238232.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did A Dominion Voting Systems Whistleblower Say 3.8 Million Votes Were Switched To Joe Biden?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-543208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229385951-scaled-e1620415238232.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did A Dominion Voting Systems Whistleblower Say 3.8 Million Votes Were Switched To Joe Biden?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543208","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=543208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}