Democratic Congrasswoman Carolyn B. Maloney asks Treasury Secretary John W. Snow for a CFIUS investigation of Smartmatic “and its acquisition of Sequoia, a U.S.-based voting machine company.”
“Specifically, I am interested in any interactions these companies have had with the Department of Treasury in completing the acquisition of Sequoia and whether this transaction went through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) process.”
She warns of foreign malign influence in American elections through voting technology: “As you can imagine, having a foreign government investing in or owning a company that supplies voting machines for U.S. elections could raise concerns over the integrity of elections conducted with these machines.
“Furthermore, I would have concerns if this transaction was done outside the CFIUS process, a process that was put in place to examine these types of foreign investment.”
Source:
1. https://maloney.house.gov/us-voting-machine-company’s-possible-ties-foreign-government-draws-congressional
2. Letter_to_Sec_Dep_Treasury_CarolynMaloney
1. With the benefit of hindsight, how would you put Congresswoman Maloney’s concerns into perspective?
2. Did Rep. Maloney receive an appropriate response to her request to investigate Smartmatic and its acquisition of Sequoia?
3. Was Sequoia’s acquisition by Smartmatic supervised and approved by the Department of the Treasury?
4. Were Smartmatic’s foreign roots and more specifically its link with the Venezuelan government verified?
5. Were questions about Smartmatic’s ownership by the Venezuelan government or Venezuelan regime figures answered satisfactorily?
6. What was the result of CFIUS investigation requested by Rep. Maloney? Were those results made public?
7. Which authority responsible for either the U.S. electoral system, national security, or both, ensured that the risks exposed by Rep. Maloney were eradicated?
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