Filing 2 NOTICE of Filing Exhibits by DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION, DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS, INC., US DOMINION, INC. re #1 Complaint, (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 3, #3 Exhibit 9, #4 Exhibit 10, #5 Exhibit 11, #6 Exhibit 12, #7 Exhibit 13, #8 Exhibit 14, #9 Exhibit 15, #10 Exhibit 16, #11 Exhibit 17, #12 Exhibit 18, . Of the approximately 115 statements on Fox by its hosts and guests that Dominion contends are defamatory, Fox News wrote in its filing, "there is not a single statement for which Dominion can prove every element of its claim for defamation.". Lindell told The New York Times, "I would really welcome them to sue me because I have all the evidence against them". Additionally, despite being a privately held company that does not disclose its financials, CEO Jeff Poulous said in a letter to the House Committee on Administration that he owns a 12% stake ofthe company, while75.2% is owned by Staple Street Capital andno other investors own more than a 5% stake, the Associated Press reported. But in response to questions this year from the North Carolina State Board of Elections, ES&S disclosed which investors own more than 5 percent of the company. In those documents, Fox's attorneys offer "omitted context" for the seemingly incendiary remarks by such hosts as Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo, as well as their featured guests, including Trump and his former campaign attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. His affidavit was part of a lawsuit filed by the attorney and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Lin Wood, who was subject of an effort by the Georgia state bar to have his mental fitness evaluated as it weighed a complaint seeking to strip him of his license to practice law. [61], The disinformation campaign against Dominion led to their employees being stalked, harassed, and receiving death threats. She has kept a report on a theoretical voting machine flaw authored by a respected computer researchersecret since last summer, citing concerns that releasing the report would fuel conspiracy. Dominion further stated its intentions were to stop Lindell from using MyPillow to profit off of election conspiracy theories at the expense of Dominion. In mid-December 2020, Perez appeared on Fox as an expert for an awkward segment in which he was interviewed by an off-camera producer to debunk claims made on the network about a second voting technology company called Smartmatic. 5.5.3.0002. Dominion is not and has never been a front for communists. The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart "[8], During the 2021 German federal election, the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy found that accusations of Dominion engaging in voter fraud were common among German far-right users of Telegram, despite the company's technology not being used in German elections. [2] Its name derives from the Dominion Elections Act. Allegations of voter fraud in Detroit. 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In June, he wrote an op-ed asking Congress for more regulation, which would include requirements for paper backups of individual votes, mandatory post-election audits and more resources for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to speed improvements. [60], Powell also asserted she had an affidavit from a former Venezuelan military official, a portion of which she posted on Twitter without a name or signature, who asserted that Dominion voting machines would print a paper ballot showing who a voter had selected, but change the vote inside the machine. Voting System Examination(s) and Status for Dominion. [1] The company's headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario, where it was founded, and Denver, Colorado. [101] As evidence of harm, he stated: "MyPillow employees have been subjected to ridicule in their personal lives, and death threats necessitating protection from local law enforcement employees are subjected to daily hateful and barbaric calls, emails, and comments on the company's social media platforms. Despite motions by the defendants to dismiss the lawsuits, judges ruled that the cases against Fox News, Lindell, and MyPillow could proceed. Thank you for supporting our journalism. Officials in Maryland and North Carolina have started questioning voting machine makers about potential foreign ownership. ", "Posts falsify ties between election tech firm and Democrats", "Smartmatic does not own Dominion Voting Systems", "Networks airing side firms in fraud claims", "Giuliani's fantasy parade of false voter-fraud claims", "Did a Dominion Voting Systems Employee Brag About Rigging the Election Against Trump? There is also the concern of machines shipped with undetected vulnerabilities or backdoors that could allow tampering. (Photo by Calla Kessler, Special to The . Dominion's legal team is counting on a rich reservoir of material from their questioning of Fox journalists and executives under oath and from mining their emails, texts, and other communications. The sworn deposition of an anonymous witness who said he was a former member of the Venezuelan presidential security team and accused Dominion of committing election fraud in the U.S. All of these allegations have been disproven. The election technology firm states there that claims of its voting machines switching votes are "baseless" and "have been debunked by election officials, subject matter experts and third-party fact checkers." [76], On May 13, 2022, Colorado State District Judge Marie Avery Moses rejected motions to dismiss the case made by the Trump campaign, Powell, Giuliani, and other defendants. The lawsuit alleges Fox News personalities including Tucker Carlson, Jeanine Pirro, Sean . [27][28], Poulos, President and CEO of Dominion, has a BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from INSEAD. Recounts were held in 7 of 49 ridings and the results were upheld with variations of 13votes per candidate per riding. [58][59] Asserting that Krebs's analysis was "highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud", Trump fired him by tweet days later. And criticism of how the government conducted a presidential election is the highest bar protecting the First Amendment right to criticize such action. [11][12][13][14], Dominion filed defamation lawsuits against former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell on January 8, 2021, and against Giuliani on January 25, 2021, asking for $1.3 billion in damages from each. Taget herfra. Dominion Voting Systems (DVS) sells electronic voting systems hardware and software, including voting machines and tabulators, in the United States and Canada. Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit in 2021 against Fox News, which has as its parent company the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp NWSA, claiming the news organization spread false information . The ATI device has raised keys with tactile function, includes the headphone jack and a T-coil coupling, and has a T4 rating for interference. Lindell had recently bragged publicly of disregarding an FBI request to not disclose the seizure of his phone in an unrelated criminal case involving Tina Peters, a Republican Mesa County clerk who was charged in engaging in a data breach of Dominion Voting System machines. Fox and Dominion did not comment for this story. If what they are saying is true, our state has blown this election," the man said. [44] This delay in results reporting was caused by an off-the-shelf software application unrelated to Dominion. [51], Trump and others also made unsubstantiated claims that Dominion had close ties to the Clinton family or other Democrats. [66] In one of their lawsuits, Dominion explained they had spent $565,000 on security as a result. This story has been updated to correct Martha MacCallum's first name. Here are four key things to know about Dominion, the voting machine manufacturer that is causing such a stir. The display can be adjusted with contrast and zoom functions that automatically reset at the end of the session. That's all I'm willing to say." [33][failed verification], The Election Management System (EMS) includes a set of applications that handle pre- and post-voting activities, including ballot layout, programming media for voting equipment, generation of audio files, importing results data, and accumulating and reporting results. The employee received death threats as a result, and a noose was found hanging outside his home. "The voting machine lobby, led by the biggest company, ES&S, believes they are above the law, said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a member of the Intelligence Committee who co-signed the letter. The statement was signed by various government and voting industry officials including the presidents of the National Association of State Election Directors and the National Association of Secretaries of State. "[108], In early July 2022, two lawyers from U.K.-based Kennedys Law LLP, Michael J. Tricarico and Marc Casarino joined Powell's legal team of Lawrence J. Joseph and J. Howard Kleinhendler in the defamation cases involving Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic. ", Eddie Perez, board member at the OSET Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan outfit advocating for reliable and transparent election technology, calls the claims about Dominion that were amplified by Fox hosts and peddled by its guests "outlandish. [92] A Fox News motion to dismiss the suit was denied on December 16, 2021, by a Delaware Superior Court judge. It suggests, behind the scenes, key people at Fox knew the accusations against Dominion were meritless. On November 8th, the AP reported that the Michigan. [125] Previously Fox's lawyers had stated that any efforts to depose the Murdochs and put them at the center of the case would just be a "fruitless fishing expedition". Powell, who accused Dominion of manipulating the election, faces a $1.3 billion defamation suit. They are repeatedly labeled 'inherently improbable' and even 'impossible'. He did everything in his power, physical strength, and sleepless nights down the stretch for America. Revenue: $5 to $25 million (USD) Competitors: Election Systems & Software, Hart InterCivic, Clear Ballot Group. Terri McCullough is Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve in a paid capacity in that role. The lawyers contend the supposedly defamatory statements often involved hyperbolic characterizations or mere opinions. Eddie Perez, global director of technology development for the Open Source Election Technology Institute, a nonprofit election technology research group with which NBC News has partnered since 2016, said the lack of oversight is problematic. New questions about voting machines as 2020 election approaches, a letter asking them to disclose a range of such information, invested in a Maryland election services firm. [34] In 2016, its machines served 70million voters in 1,600jurisdictions. [127], Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, problems with the reporting of tabulator counts, Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, National Association of State Election Directors, National Association of Secretaries of State, Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy, Smartmatic 2020 presidential election and defamation lawsuits, Fox News controversies False claims about the 2020 election. Non-partisan and nonprofit since 1988. That explains the sustained embrace of unsustainable claims, Dominion's legal team argues. 67% of employees would recommend working at Dominion Voting Systems to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. [100], Andrew Parker, a lawyer for My Pillow, Inc., on April 18, 2022, filed a countersuit in Minnesota asserting that Dominion is a governmental actor due to contracting with state and local agencies and that it had violated the company's rights under the First and Fourteenth amendment as well as inflicting "tortious interference with prospective business using today's cancel culture to eliminate dissent and to cover up the election issues that compromised the 2020 result". [118], On August 31, 2022 Sean Hannity was deposed by Dominion's lawyers. Only a glimpse of that has come into public view. [117] They reported that sources "expected Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, who own and control the Fox Corporation, to sit for depositions as soon as this month". 488 Following. The sworn deposition of an anonymous witness who said he was a former member of the Venezuelan presidential security team and accused Dominion of committing. [43] The Progressive Conservatives and the People's Alliance of New Brunswick called for a hand count of all ballots. "[103] He ruled that Dominion had made a "reasonable inference" concerning Newsmax's actions and let the case proceed. [70] In a deposition Powell admitted to Coomer's lawyers that she did not have "a lot of specific knowledge about what Mr. Coomer personally did" in the supposed election conspiracy. But ES&S still faces questions about the companys supply chain and the identities of its investors, although it has said it is entirely owned by Americans. [70][75], On April 5, 2022, Coomer filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court against MYPillow CEO Mike Lindell, along with his company, and his media platform Frankspeech for spreading the unsupported Oltmann claims and having "intentionally and persistently defamed Coomer as a 'traitor'". Plaintiff's attorneys were ordered to pay $180,000 for the defendants' attorneys' fees, with the judge finding that the lawsuit was filed "in bad faith" and made frivolous arguments. President-elect Biden on Electoral College vote: Clear victory. [15] The suit against Giuliani is based on more than fifty statements by Giuliani made on his podcast, at legislative hearings, on Twitter, and in conservative media, and alleges that Giuliani made false statements about the company in an attempt to earn money from legal fees and through his podcast. [17][18] During subsequent months, Dominion filed suits seeking $1.6 billion in damages from each of Fox News, Newsmax, OANN and former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne,[19] while also suing Mike Lindell and his corporation, MyPillow. The source of the nations voting machines has become an urgent issue because of real fears that hackers, whether foreign or domestic, might tamper with the mechanics of the voting system. [2] It develops software in offices in the United States, Canada, and Serbia. Fixed: Release in which this issue/RFE has been fixed.The release containing this fix may be available for download as an Early Access Release or a General Availability Release.