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Whistleblowers Claim Venezuelan Government Runs Global Election Theft Network Via Smartmatic Software

Danny Jones Podcast · #395 - “I Watched Them Rig Elections In Real Time” Venezuelan Spy Breaks Silence | Ralph Pezzullo · May 11, 2026
Whistleblowers Claim Venezuelan Government Runs Global Election Theft Network Via Smartmatic Software
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#395 - “I Watched Them Rig Elections In Real Time” Venezuelan Spy Breaks Silence | Ralph Pezzullo
"They recruited 3 engineers from Simón Bolívar University who were expert computer engineers. And these 3 guys had already established a company in Boca Raton. They were doing touchscreen banking. And they called these guys in and they were like, 'Can you develop a software that will guarantee that we win the election?' And they said, 'Yeah, we think so.'"
Former CIA officer Gary Bernsen and DEA whistleblower Martin Rodeal allege Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles developed electronic voting software in 2004 to steal elections globally, including in the United States. They claim to have recruited 20 engineers from within the conspiracy who helped write the source code for Smartmatic and Dominion systems, which contain 14 backdoors for vote manipulation. The source code is allegedly stored in Venezuela's national bank vault.
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