On January 8, it filed a defamation suit against pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell, seeking $1.3 billion in damages. Dominion: will one Canadian company bring down Trump's empire of "I've been threatened more times than I could even count. Examples can be seen here , here and here . On Christmas Day, an RV in Nashville, Tennessee, exploded, severelydamaging many of the buildings around it in the explosion. Full text of Commercial and Financial Chronicle : April 6, 1940, Vol Before starting Staple Street Capital, Yaghoobzadeh worked as a senior vice president for private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Voting rights restored to more than 55,000 Minnesotans under new law All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. AT&T does not hold a contract to audit Dominions software or machines and did not have any of the companys equipment in its Nashville building. The claim implies the explosion was an elaborate plot to destroy voting machines that might have yielded evidence of fraud in the 2020 election. Dominion blames 'human error' for voting machines - Washington Examiner While the post does not specify which building they believed the machines were held in, a Dominion Voting Systems spokesperson said by email that none of their machines were anywhere in the. 2023 Tennessee Secretaryof State |Web and Social Media Policies. Last month Dominion filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying the bogus claims. In addition to Coomer's lawsuit, Dominion is threatening legal action against Sidney Powell, who has been among the loudest voices pushing conspiracy theories on behalf of the Trump campaign. Cynthia McFadden is the senior legal and investigative correspondent for NBC News. AT&T not conducting voting machine audit near Nashville explosion site Bogus conspiracy theory spreading online claims the Nashville bombing was an attempt to cover up voter fraud. Social media users have been sharing content online that claims AT&T had a contract to do a forensic audit on Dominion Voting Systems machines and that the Dec. 25 explosion in Nashville,. The extent of our relationship is this: In 2009, Smartmatic licensed the use of a Dominion voting machine for use in the Philippines. While the investigation is ongoing, the Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded that a man named Anthony Warner was responsible for the bombing and was killed in the blast ( here , here ). Nashville's date on June 7 at GEODIS Park will feature Kelsea Ballerini and BRELAND -- and now, The Boykinz. The House Committee on Administration held a congressional hearing yesterday which was the first time the heads of the three major vendors, representing at least 80 percent of U.S. voting machines, appeared together for questioning. 'It was a missile strike': Trump fans go nuts claiming Nashville bomb Last fall, when ES&S gave NBC News an exclusive tour at its headquarters in Omaha, Neb., Chief Executive Officer Tom Burt defended using modems when asked about the Sprint and Verizon modems seen in ES&S's testing area. Even though it has a blue Nashville and a blue Memphis. The post implies that the bombing was an attempt to stop the audit and cover up voter fraud. How Eric Coomer Became the 'Perfect Villain' for Voting Conspiracists This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Jim Greer, Assistant Vice President of Corporate Communications at AT&T, told Reuters via email: None of the things in the post are true.. "You may want to read a book some day to learn about my reference to rising like a #phoenix. Once a hacker starts talking to the voting machine through the modem, the hacker cannot just change these unofficial election results, they can hack the software in the voting machine and make it cheat in future elections, he said. Hart said that it has approximately 1,600 such tabulators in use in 11 counties in Michigan. Georgia, the site of so much controversy in the 2020 election, hurriedly switched in response to a judge's order in 2019 from all-electronic voting machines to Dominion models that. The conspiracy theory has grown into a movement that is promoted by right-wing extremists. There may not be answers to the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville anytime soon. Mike Lindell Says FBI Surrounded Him and Seized His Cellphone MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has promised for months since the 2020 election that he had obtained Dominion, Smartmatic and ES&S voting machines, and they would be on full. Jake Rollow, director of communications for the Michigan Department of State, said in a statement to NBC News, Even though the results are unofficial, if these unofficial results were disrupted or manipulated, it could still cause confusion on Election Day., "The department will consider the advisory commissions recommendations to improve the security of the process," Rollow continued. The social media post states "AT&T got contract [sic] to do forensic audit on Dominion voting machines and those machines were being moved to Nashville this past week" before the bombing. Immediately, Coomer knew things would blow up. On Monday, The Associated Press debunked claims that Dominion has any connection with AT&T. There are currently two voting systems which are certified by the State of Florida's Division of Elections. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. "What we should do is remove all of the unnecessary, hackable pathways, such as modems. The FBI confirmed that a man named Anthony Warner was responsible for the bombing and was killed in the blast. "When we're in the realm of coupling disinformation from both foreign and domestic sources, and government and nongovernment sources, and none of it is really grounded in reality evidence doesn't help much," he said. By the time the news conference occurred on Nov. 19, Mr. Trump's campaign had already prepared an internal memo on many of the outlandish claims about the company, Dominion Voting Systems, and. It's just the latest example of how people's lives are being upended and potentially ruined by the unprecedented flurry of disinformation this year. According to Dominion, vote-switching and software malfunction allegations are "all baseless claims" that "have been debunked by election officials, subject matter experts and third-party fact. But he has no idea if that will ever be possible. Audit of Dominion voting machines in Wisconsin shows minor issues - TMJ4 ", More:Nashville police bodycam footage shows raw moments of chaos before and after explosion. First, QAnon. Joe Bidens Brother in Law, Steven Owens, is the cofounder of Staple Street Execs along with William Kennard (mentioned above).. CNN didnt report that Anthony Warner, the person authorities have identified as the bomber, died from COVID-19. The largest manufacturer of voting machines, ES&S, told NBC News their systems are protected by firewalls and are not on the public internet. But both Skoglund and Andrew Appel, a Princeton computer science professor and expert on elections, said such firewalls can and have been breached. We rate thisclaim as FALSE, because it wasn't supported by our research. Cerberus Capital Management, the firm named in the posts, does not own Dominion, nor does it own the company that does own Dominion, Staple Street Capital. There is no evidence that suggests that the explosion was election-related. Does Joe Biden's family own Dominion Voting Systems? Nope There is no evidence that the AT&T switching center damaged by the explosion (here) housed a supercomputer being used to alter the elections outcome. Texas country-punk band Vandoliers are standing in solidarity with drag performers and the LGBTQ+ community. "Very, very interesting.". Behind it is the notion that if voting systems are not online, hackers will have a harder time compromising them. Claims that two buildings that were destroyed on Christmas Day were both holding evidence related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election are untrue. In preparing for this November's election, the company gamed out all sorts of worst-case scenarios, but it wasn't on anyone's radar that Dominion and its employees could become the targets of threats. He also serves on the boards of Ford Motor Company, MetLife and Duke Energy Corporation (here). New York State Police Director of Public Information Beau Duffy told Reuters via email they were unaware of any state police investigations relating to the claims linking the paper company to ballots. Carroll County GOP claims Dems were behind Nashville bombing - WKYC In a Dominion-themed segment, an Infowars host speaking during a November Washington, D.C., rally presaged the January 6 violence by hyping the . The Trump followers believe that the explosion was actually a missile strike aimed at destroying. "The FBI corralled me in Mankato, Minnesota, and took my cell phone," Lindell told the Reformer. The companys sales manager, John Mealey ( here , here ), also spoke about the rumor to local ABC affiliate WHAM-TV, saying: Its crazy, the amount of misinformation that you see.. A spokesperson for the FBI's Denver Field Office confirmed that the FBI executed the . All of these businesses were reported to be damaged in the blast (here). Some have also received threatening letters. Mike Lindell Claims Dominion Voting 'Cover-Up' Is 'Coming Apart'