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Ex-Venezuelan General Claims Smartmatic Can Rig Elections

Is this a credible whistleblower exposing 2020 election fraud, or a discredited conspiracy theory serving political aims?

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Ex-Venezuelan General Claims Smartmatic Can Rig Elections

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Above: Smartmatic logo on a sliding door at its headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela on Aug. 2, 2017. Image credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

Carvajal's letter proves Smartmatic can — and did — rig the 2020 U.S. election. The ex-intel chief confirms Chávez built it as a backdoored fraud tool, then exported it to America with regime operatives still tied to voting firms. Sidney Powell exposed it first, but the powers that be buried it with billion-dollar suits, silenced hosts like Lou Dobbs and staged the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Trump was right from day one. Now he's escalating pressure on Maduro's regime to dismantle a narco-terror state allied with Hezbollah and Cuba that threatens America's southern flank and its critical election integrity infrastructure.

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Anti-Trump narrative

Trump's DOJ is weaponizing discredited claims about Venezuelan election rigging to rewrite the story of his 2020 loss and justify action against Maduro. Courts and officials have repeatedly debunked the theory, confirming Smartmatic had no role outside Los Angeles and the 2020 vote was secure. Yet, ex-CIA operatives and a convicted ex-Venezuelan intelligence chief continue feeding the story to federal prosecutors, keeping the false narrative alive for Trump's base and their appetite for conspiracies — while providing a pretext for potential military moves against Venezuela.

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Editor's Note

This story currently has limited reporting from left-leaning sources. We will continue to monitor all major outlets and update our coverage as additional perspectives become available.