
Straight Arrow News
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday, Aug. 9, the indictment of three current and former executives of Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing right-wing media outlets over 2020 election coverage. Prosecutors said executives used a slush fund to bribe the former top election official in the Philippines, Andy Bautista, in exchange for “obtaining and retaining” business related to providing voting machines and services for the country’s 2016 elections. The bribes allegedly involved at least $1 million. Bautista, who is indicted in another U.S. case, is in hiding. However,...