I believe this is the tweet that got Sidney Powell's twitter account a 12 hour suspension:
Which means we HAVE TO go see what there is to see:
gnews | In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, with public opinion, on
election day November 3rd, overwhelmingly in favor of President Trump,
the preliminary results from the mainstream media on the morning of
November 4th showed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden winning
the Presidential contest over President Trump. While Biden’s team was
celebrating, evidence of ballot fraud was emerging. The Dominion Voting
Systems (DVS) ballot-counting system used in 28 states during the
election contained Chinese-made hardware components as well as the
Smartmatic ballot software. Voter data was illegally transmitted to
foreign countries and this led to the seizure of a server by the U.S.
military at the offices of Scytl in Frankfurt, Germany. Public
discontent reached a climax and finally erupted on November 14 in
Washington, D.C., when the Washington D.C. Voters’ Association held a
rally. Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in front of the U.S.
Supreme Court to demand electoral transparency, and to support Trump’s
re-election.
The use of high-tech voting systems to process voting results in the
U.S. is not new. The DVS machines use software from Smartmatic which
describes itself as the global leader in secure, accessible, transparent
election technology. Once one of the top-ranked voting systems in the
U.S., Smartmatic has a complex background and continues to generate
controversy. In the 2020 U.S. election it has been exposed as a real
threat to U.S. national security.
Founded in Venezuela in 1997 by a team of three engineers – Antonio
Mugica, Alfredo José Anzola, and Roger Piñate, Smartmatic specializes in
the design and end-to-end deployment of technology solutions for
specific applications. The company’s niches are: electronic voting
systems, smart city solutions (including public safety and public
transportation), identity management systems for civil registration, and
authentication products for government applications.
The company’s first U.S. entity was incorporated in Delaware in April
2000 and opened its headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida with seven
employees in November of that year. The 2000 U.S. presidential election
was marred by “hanging and dimpled chads” on the Florida ballot cards.
After controversy erupted over the mis-counting of ballots, Smartmatic
began to target the development of election voting systems.
In April 2003 in Caracas, Venezuela, Smartmatic officially unveiled
its prototype for election automation. The testing of the prototype
covered all the details of the process necessary for any type of
election. During the tests, emphasis was placed on the system’s
encryption capabilities, which are essential for the confidential
storage and transmission of data, as well as the robustness of the
software and hardware system’s components. The system passed all tests
with no shortcomings, said a company spokesperson.
The voting system was developed entirely in-house by Smartmatic. That
includes the integration of hardware and software systems from design
stage to end-to-end deployment. Such a complex, purpose-built technical
solution would require a strong, system-wide R&D capability that
would not have been possible in Venezuela without massive technical and
financial support. Although Smartmatric established a U.S. presence in
2000, almost all of its products were developed in Venezuela, a country
where capital is scarce and scientific research and manufacturing are
not sophisticated.
Key conclusion/question #1: where did the financing and R&D knowledge come from?
Smartmatric’s voting solution was first implemented in the August
2004 recall referendum against President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and
was successful in helping Chávez secure 59% of the votes. This result
was met with accusations of electoral fraud. At the time questions were
only raised about the election process and patterns. Nobody focused on
the Smartmatic voting system. The good people of Venezuela had no idea
that an invisible hand was manipulating the referendum.
Smartmatic first established a presence in the United States in 2000
in Boca Raton, Florida, then moved its headquarters to Amsterdam, the
Netherlands in 2004, and opened a new headquarters in London in 2012.
According to Wikipedia: “although Smartmatic has made different
claims about whether they are American or Dutch, the U.S. State
Department notes that the owners of the company remain hidden in a
network of holding companies in the Netherlands and Barbados”. The New
York Times notes that “the role of the young Venezuelan engineers who
founded Smartmatic has become less obvious and that its organization is
an elaborate network of offshore companies and foreign trusts.” BBC News
noted that while Smartmatic says the company was founded in the U.S.
and “its roots are firmly fixed in (Venezuela), the ownership structure
is opaque.” Smartmatic maintains that holding companies in multiple
countries are used for “tax efficiency.”
WikiLeaks provides some more detail, “…they have a list of about 30
anonymous investors …. the silent partners are mainly upper-class
Venezuelans, …. then Defense Minister Jose Vicente Rangel …. the Vice
President’s daughter Gisela Rangel Avalos, Chávez’s political mentor
Luis Miquelina is also a shareholder in the company ….” The true
identity of most of Smartmatic’s shareholders remains a mystery.
Key conclusion/question #2: who are the true owners of Smartmatic and where is the company resident for tax purposes?