[23][24], In May 2010, Dominion acquired Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems, Inc.) from Election Systems & Software (ES&S). "I dialed Rupert Murdoch and asked why Fox News had made the Arizona call before hundreds of thousands of votes were tallied. The Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe said Dominion Voting Systems' brief requesting summary judgment against Fox News for defamation - and $1.6bn - is "likely to succeed and likely to . Michigan Circuit Court judge Timothy Kenny had previously ruled that an affidavit Carone had filed was "simply not credible. Byrne. [119], Dominion's lawyer, Mary Kathryn Sammons, told a Federal court on September 16, 2022, that Mike Lindell was still repeating the same baseless claims against the company: "The problem here is the lawsuit is based on the public figures making very public lies about Dominion. In Canada, Dominion's systems are deployed nationwide. Despite motions by the defendants to dismiss the lawsuits, judges ruled that the cases against Fox News, Lindell, and MyPillow could proceed. And they are therefore subject to criticism in the exact same ways that the government would be subject to criticism in that situation. Dominion Voting Systems is not messing around. Fox News host Howard Kurtz, who anchors a weekly show on the media industry, said he has been told not to cover the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems. As the case was entering the discovery stage, she expressed concern that Lindell would not abide by the rules of non-disclosure. It is the only voting machine that allows all voters - regardless of their ability . That . It allows a jurisdiction to resolve problems in a ballot on screen that would normally be rejected, to be remade or hand counted because of one or more exceptional conditions like a blank ballot, write-ins, over-votes, marginal marks and under-votes. The billionaire's acknowledgement is revealed in a defamation case filed by Dominion Voting Systems. [1] The company's headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario, where it was founded, and Denver, Colorado. [6], The company was subjected to extensive attention following the 2020 election, in which then-president Donald Trump was defeated by Joe Biden, with Trump and various surrogates promoting conspiracy theories, which falsely alleged that Dominion was part of an international cabal that stole the election from Trump, and that it used its voting machines to transfer millions of votes that had been cast for Trump instead to Biden. Both of these claimsarefalse. Calling . Reuters reported that a Fox spokesperson said that Dominions view of defamation law would prevent journalists from basic reporting. Apparently speaking about the ICE machine, one source responded that this was incorrect, and that Dominion voting machines are only a "ballot marking device" system in which the voter deposits their printed ballot into a box for counting. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. [67], In September 2022, officials in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit against Dominion, alleging that a third party computer forensics expert had discovered a Python script infection on one of its voting machines, and that there was evidence that the machine had been connected to an external system located in Canada. [7][9] On November 12, 2020, CISA released a statement that confirmed "there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised." Dominion provided the court with reports from various news outlets that Rupert Murdoch had "spoke with Trump and other senior Republicans shortly after the election and urged them to drop their election-fraud narrative and concede defeat". According to redacted filings by Dominion Voting Systems on Monday, Murdoch said that he regretted "not being stronger in denouncing" the claims of election fraud. Murdoch acknowledged in his deposition that he could have ordered the network not to platform Trump lawyers such as Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani on its programs: I could have. This is false. "[90][91], On March 26, 2021, Dominion filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, alleging that Fox and some of its pundits spread conspiracy theories about Dominion, and allowed guests to make false statements about the company. Dominion Voting Systems . Dominion sued Fox News and parent company Fox Corporation in March 2021 and November 2021 in Delaware superior court, alleging the cable TV network amplified false claims that Dominion voting machines were used to rig the 2020 election against Trump, a Republican who lost to Democratic rival Biden. Dominion Voting Systems' 213-page lawsuit . "[78] Carone had alleged in testimony that "Everything that happened at that [Detroit ballot counting facility] was fraud. The plaintiffs had alleged that Dominion, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, and the Center for Tech and Civic Life "engaged in concerted action to interfere with the 2020 presidential election through a coordinated effort to, among other things, change voting laws without legislative approval, use unreliable voting machines, alter, votes through an illegitimate adjudication process[and] privately fund only certain municipalities and counties." [120], It was announced on October 3, 2022, that the Supreme Court of the United States had declined Mike Lindell's appeal against Judge Carl Nichols' ruling; allowing Dominion's case to proceed. While Sean Hannity pushed that narrative on his prime-time show, he allegedly wrote that Trump was acting like an insane person. Could Dominion's litigation reshape the . The company offers . AP'S ASSESSMENT: False. Ms. Powell had no reason to evade service as she looks forward to defending herself in court. However, 51 of the province's municipalities had their elections impacted when the company's colocation centre provider imposed an unauthorized bandwidth cap due to the massive increase in voting traffic in the early evening, thus making it impossible for many voters to cast their vote at peak voting time. Both Dominion and Smartmatic have released statements saying no ownership relationship exists between the two competing firms. "[117] Among the current and former Fox personnel who have given or were set to give depositions in August were Steve Doocy, Dana Perino, and Shepard Smith. [119] The New York Times noted that in most defamation cases settlements are reached before any depositions are taken. [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". The employee received death threats as a result, and a noose was found hanging outside his home. My name is John Poulos, and I am the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Dominion Voting Systems. 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"[122] Also in early December 2022, the Delaware Superior Court filed a notice that Rupert Murdoch would be deposed under oath on December 1314 via video conference. "[69], On October 7, 2021, CNN reported that after examining over 2,000 pages of documents provided to the court, that they had found that in sworn depositions to the court Giuliani stated that he had spent less than an hour reviewing allegations against Coomer and "didn't have the time"[70] to fact check them before taking them public in a November 19, 2020 press conference where he called Coomer "a vicious, vicious man" who is "close to Antifa" and is "completely warped and he specifically says that they're going to fix this election. Inc. and Dominion Voting Systems Corporation are wholly owned subsidiaries of US Dominion, Inc.11 Defendant Fox is a Delaware LLC with its principal place of business in New York.12 [20][21], Dominion Voting Systems Corporation was founded in 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by John Poulos and James Hoover. [95] The lawsuit against OANN also named its anchors Chanel Rion and Christina Bobb. We need to be careful about using the shows and pissing off the viewers, Scott told Murdoch. Fox's Excuses Reinforce Dominion's Defamation Case Although Rupert Murdoch admits that Lou Dobbs and other hosts "endorsed" the "stolen election" narrative, Fox's lawyers insist that . "[101], In Washington D.C. Federal U.S. District Court, on May 19, 2022, Judge Carl Nichols dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against Dominion Voting Systems (and also Smartmatic) while also imposing sanctions on Mike Lindell CEO of MyPillow. Every single thing." [58] Trump attorney Sidney Powell promoted the allegations on Lou Dobbs's Fox Business program two days after the election, and again two days later on Maria Bartiromo's program, claiming to have "evidence that that is exactly what happened." It uses light pressure switches and may be equipped with a pneumatic switch, commonly known as "sip-n-puff", or a set of paddles. [32], Dominion is the second-largest seller of voting machines in the United States. She went on to say that the continuing lies have resulted in continued threats of violence against the company. Lindell's filing said the companies had "weaponized" the courts in an act of "lawfare" to try to silence him. Howard Kurtz, who hosts a show about the media, says Fox News has barred him from covering Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against the network. Namely, the link between Dominion and China was not as straightforward as Wood first claimed. She stands in good company, right along with Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani . A Harvard law professor recently told the Guardian he had never seen a defamation case with such overwhelming proof that the defendant admitted in writing that it was making up fake information in order to increase its viewership and its revenues. [117] Sources also told the Times that Dominion was focusing on Lachlan Murdoch's reaction to President Trump's anger at the network calling Arizona for Biden, seeking to place him "in the room when the decisions about election coverage were being made". AP'S ASSESSMENT: False. When a marked paper ballot is inserted, the tabulator screen display messages indicating whether the ballot has been successfully input. . Dominion Voting Systems was founded in 2003. Dominion products have been increasingly used in the United States in recent years. Vendors want help from Department of Homeland Security. [41] New Brunswick used Dominion's 763tabulator machines in the 2014 provincial elections. Following an onslaught of misinformation about the software company's reliability, Dominion released a statementthat includes information about the company's ownership, as well as facts that debunk various other conspiracies. A new filing from Dominion Voting Systems became public on Monday, as an April trial approaches in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by the voting technology company against Fox News . [31], ImageCast X is described as an accessible ballot-marking device that allows a voter to use various methods to input their choices. [66] In one of their lawsuits, Dominion explained they had spent $565,000 on security as a result. Lindell told The New York Times, "I would really welcome them to sue me because I have all the evidence against them". ES&S had just acquired Premier from Diebold and was required to sell off Premier by the United States Department of Justice over anti-trust concerns. The Functional Test of the Dominion DemSuite 5.2 voting system was conducted by Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment staff, SLI staff, and Dominion staff at the Secretary of State's Office located at 1500 11th Street, Sacramento, California from May 30, 2017, through June 15, 2017. In the video, the man acknowledges that Chvez is dead but claims his family still owns Dominion and that Chvez started the software company. [11][12][13][14] In January 2021, Dominion filed defamation lawsuits against former Trump campaign lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, seeking $1.3 billion in damages from each. Our position is that Dominion is the government, for purposes of the First Amendment. [84][85] Six days later, Dominion filed defamation lawsuits against My Pillow and Lindell. Even Murdoch himself dismissed Trumps claims, describing the former presidents obsession with proving the election was stolen as terrible stuff damaging everybody. [9], Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani made several false assertions about Dominion, including that its voting machines used software developed by a competitor, Smartmatic, which he claimed actually owned Dominion, and which he said was founded by the former socialist Venezuelan leader Hugo Chvez. ", Staple Street Capital co-founder and Managing Director Hootan Yaghoobzadeh said, "John Poulos and his team have done an excellent job of building Dominion Voting into one of the most trusted providers of voting solutions in North America. He held that Dominion had shown that the company's chairman, Rupert Murdoch, and his son, CEO Lachlan Murdoch, may have acted with "actual malice" by directing the network to broadcast the conspiracy theory despite having been notified that it was false as a business calculation in order to stem plummeting viewership. . Dominion filed the lawsuit months after the 2020 presidential election . "[117] Looking for connections to the Venezuelan dictator who died in 2013, lawyers for Fox in court filings have asked Dominion to turn over any internal communications going back over a decade that include any of the words "Hugo", "Chavez", "tampered", "backdoor", "stolen", or "Trump". The communications showed the network was concerned that not reporting the falsehoods would alienate viewers and cause them to switch to rival conservative networks, impacting corporate profitability. [3], Dominion produces electronic voting machines, which allow voters to cast their votes electronically as well as optical scanning devices used to tabulate paper ballots. When contacted by USA TODAY via Facebook Messengerwith a request for evidence of claims in the video, Community Tap News replied, "My source is Anthony Kern. (Reuters) -Fox News repeatedly broadcast lies about vote-rigging claims that it knew were "total bs," Dominion Voting Systems said in a filing made public on Thursday, as part of the election . [50] Trump persisted in the claims, citing the pro-Trump OANN media outlet, which itself claimed to cite a report from Edison Research, an election monitoring group. Dominion Voting Systems is out for blood in its defamation case against Fox News. She ruled that there was evidence of actual malice which Coomer would need to prove in trial. And criticism of how the government conducted a presidential election is the highest bar protecting the First Amendment right to criticize such action. Dominion claims in a $1.6-billion . Dominion Voting Systems and a $400 Million Investment. Staple Street Capital is currently investing out of a$265 millionprivate equity fund and typically seeks to invest$20 million - $75 millionof equity per transaction. "[96], In response to pressure from advocacy groups opposing false claims of electoral fraud, and despite an angry response from U.S. [2] It develops software in offices in the United States, Canada, and Serbia. Dominion Voting Systems Corp (Canada) owns 100% of Dominion Voting Systems, Inc (US Subsidiary). That's all I'm willing to say." Rupert said he would look into the issue, and minutes later, he called back. In its own filing made public on Monday, Fox argued that its coverage of statements by Trump and his lawyers were inherently newsworthy and that Dominions extreme interpretation of defamation law would stop the media in its tracks. 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. Dominion Voting Systems is a leading provider of hardware and software election tabulation solutions in the U.S. and Canada. [86][87][88][89], On March 22, 2021, Powell's attorneys moved to dismiss Dominion's lawsuit against her, arguing that "No reasonable person would conclude that the statements [made by Powell against Dominion] were truly statements of factPlaintiffs themselves characterize the statements at issue as 'wild accusations' and 'outlandish claims.' "Not to mention, Dominion, the software company that is in charge of the election, 28% of that is owned by Hugo (expletive) Chvez, a goddamn communist in Venezuela.". Herring Networks, the OAN parent, will plead constitutional free-speech protections to stave off a $1.6 billion lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems . [93], On August 4, 2021, a federal judge granted a sanctions motion against Gary Fielder and Ernest John Walker, the attorneys that filed suit against Dominion, Facebook, and others claiming fraud in the 2020 presidential election. 5G telecom, drones also at risk of supply-chain threats. NEW YORK, July 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Voting Systems ("Dominion Voting") announces that it has been acquired by its management team and Staple Street Capital, a leading New York-based, middle-market private equity firm. Journalism. Judge Davis stated that Newsmax "knew the allegations were probably false" about Dominion's technology, and "there were enough signs indicating the statements were not true to infer Newsmax's intent to avoid the truth. Election Systems & Software (ES&S) is an Omaha, Nebraska-based company that manufactures and sells voting machine equipment and services. With the defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting . [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. It started out as a Canadian company and was later incorporated in the United States; it now has offices in Denver and Toronto. The tweet, which received more than 20,000 retweets, included a link to an . [43] The Progressive Conservatives and the People's Alliance of New Brunswick called for a hand count of all ballots. Such characterizations of the allegedly defamatory statements further support defendant's position that reasonable people would not accept such statements as fact but view them only as claims that await testing by the courts through the adversary process. The image is exported to a laptop and then printed on blank paper to provide a ballot record. [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. | Margaret Sullivan, How Dominion Voting Systems filing proves Fox News was deliberately lying, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Hugo Chvez did not found Dominion Voting Systems, nor does his family own a stake of the company. [117] Fox's recent replacement of its outside legal team with one of the nation's most prominent trial lawyers was seen as "a sign that executives believe that the chances the case is headed to trial have increased". [46][47], Dominion's architecture was also widely used in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections on October 22, 2018, particularly for online voting. Dominion Voting Systems filed billion-dollar defamation lawsuits in January against attorney Sidney Powell and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani - allies of former President Donald Trump - who spread baseless claims that the company rigged the 2020 presidential election. The company's offerings include vote tabulators, direct-recording electronic (DRE) machines, voter registration and election management systems, ballot-marking devices, electronic poll books, Ballot on Demand printing services, and absentee voting-by-mail . [14][15], After questions about the reliability of the company's systems surfaced during the election, Edward Perez, an election technology expert at the Open Source Election Technology Institute stated, "Many of the claims being asserted about Dominion and questionable voting technology is misinformation at best and, in many cases, they're outright disinformation. [92] A Fox News motion to dismiss the suit was denied on December 16, 2021, by a Delaware Superior Court judge. Network owner also admitted in $1.6bn defamation lawsuit deposition that Trumps claims were damaging to everybody. [14] Fox News, Fox Business, and Newsmax all aired fact checks of their own previous coverage of Dominion and competitor Smartmatic after Smartmatic threatened lawsuits, and after they were listed as other groups spreading falsehoods about Dominion in the lawsuit by Dominion against Giuliani. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. They are repeatedly labeled 'inherently improbable' and even 'impossible.' Kirkland & Ellis LLP and McMillan LLP advised Staple Street Capital. After losing the 2020 presidential election, which wascertified by the Electoral Collegeon Dec. 14, outgoing President Donald Trump has waged a campaign of disinformation about election interference and voter fraud. [4][5] Dominion voting machines have been used in countries around the world, primarily in Canada and the United States. During the voting process, the machine generates a marked paper ballot that serves as the official ballot record. Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News highlights former House Speaker Paul Ryan's alleged influence over Fox News Channel's (FNC) editorial control, reportedly urging the network to move away from former President Donald Trump. from 8 AM - 9 PM ET. [3] The company maintains headquarters in Toronto and in Denver, Colorado. Kern is a Republican member of the Arizona state House of Representatives. [52] There is no evidence for any of these claims, which have been debunked by various groups including election technology experts, government and voting industry officials, and the CISA. Stifel, Nicolaus & Company and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP advised Dominion Voting. "Dominion and other voting system manufacturers submit extensive company disclosures to federal and state authorities as terms of product testing and system certification.". "[69] Among those named in the lawsuit were the Trump campaign, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, and Colorado businessman and activist Joseph Oltmann. More information: www.staplestreetcapital.com. [22] The company develops proprietary software in-house and sells electronic voting hardware and software, including voting machines and tabulators, in the U.S. and Canada and employs a development team in its Serbian office. "Hugo Chvez is dead, but his family owns this. [26], In 2018, Dominion was acquired by its management and Staple Street Capital, a private equity firm. [96], In an April 2022 article focusing on the case, Forbes noted that there could be additional lawsuits filed by Dominion which "has identified more than 150 people as potential targets of litigation. Fox News hosts Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo had also been outspoken about the allegations, and both their programs aired the same video segment over the following two days. "[122][123], On December 5, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case, Kevin ORourke, et al., v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., et al., rejected by lower courts. [73] Powell, who had asserted there was a recording of Coomer saying this, acknowledged in a July 2021 deposition that no such recording existed. Causes of rejection include a blank ballot, an overvoted ballot, and unclear marks. Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company, accused the channel of advancing lies that devastated its reputation and business. The company maintains headquarters in Toronto and in . That has led to calls for ES&S and its competitors, Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems and Austin, Texas-based Hart Intercivic, to reveal details about their ownership and the origins of the . This false claim is based on two people . It's not just that the company has sued Fox News for $1.6 billion arguing that the company's promotion of Donald Trump's Big Lie also meant . [51] Edison Research said that they did not write such a report, and that they had "no evidence of any voter fraud". CLAIM: President-elect Joe Biden's sister is married to Stephen Owens, the co-founder of the private equity firm Staple Street Capital, which owns Dominion Voting Systems. [104] Dominion pointed to a claim that Murdoch urged a Republican Leader to ask other party members not to endorse the false theory. At issue before the high court is a feud over the purchase of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems machines between the bipartisan elections board in Stark County and that northeastern county's . "I tuned in thinking this was going to be a joke my laughter turned from laughter tostraight anger and disgust with our state. [117] Citing sources at Fox News, speaking under condition of anonymity, they reported "Anchors and executives have been preparing for depositions and have been forced to hand over months of private emails and text messages to Dominion. The host further acknowledged that Smartmatic is not owned by any foreign entity, nor is it connected to George Soros, as had been alleged. [81], Under threat of litigation, on January 15, 2021, the conservative online magazine American Thinker published a retraction of stories it published asserting that Dominion engaged in a conspiracy to rig the election, acknowledging, "these statements are completely false and have no basis in fact". [32], Adjudication Client is a software application with administrative and ballot inspection roles. Coomer also said that Oltmann had falsely claimed in a podcast that Coomer had participated in a September 2020 conference call with members of antifa, and that during the call he had said, "Don't worry about the election, Trump is not gonna win. [108][109] In response to the development, a spokesperson for Fox News stated: "We are confident we will prevail as freedom of the press is foundational to our democracy and must be protected, in addition to the damages claims being outrageous, unsupported and not rooted in sound financial analysis, serving as nothing more than a flagrant attempt to deter our journalists from doing their jobs. As a U.S.-owned company, we currently provide voting systems and services to jurisdictions across 30 states and Puerto Rico. In his deposition, Murdoch said that the hosts Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro endorsed the false narrative promoted by Trump. [15][14] In the lawsuit against Powell, the company stated that Powell had "doubled down" after Dominion formally notified her that her claims were false, and had posted on Twitter to spread false claims to over one million followers. In a deposition, Hannity said: That whole narrative that Sidney was pushing, I did not believe it for one second. [94], On August 10, 2021, Dominion announced that they were suing conservative news channels OANN and Newsmax, plus former Overstock.com CEO Patrick M. [53][54] Giuliani also falsely asserted that Dominion voting machines sent their voting data to Smartmatic at foreign locations and that it is a "radical-left" company with connections to antifa. Their revenues came from 19 states and 133 local governments . [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. Dominion Voting is a top provider of election tabulation solutions to government customers.
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