Smartmatic Accuses Trump DOJ of 'Vindictive' Bribery Prosecution
Source: Bloomberg Law
March 10, 2026, 10:17 AM EDT
Smartmatic moved to dismiss its foreign bribery indictment by arguing the Trump administration was unconstitutionally vengeful in bringing charges against the voting technology company targeted by conspiracy theories from the president’s allies.
The “vindictive and selective prosecution” dismissal motion filed Tuesday embraces a legal tactic that’s historically been a long shot but lately started gaining traction for other Trump adversaries. Defendants Kilmar Abrego Garcia and James Comey both scored preliminary wins in attempts to void criminal prosecution by pointing to the Justice Department’s allegedly retributive and discriminatory motivation.
Smartmatic, which has long been falsely blamed by Trump’s base for rigging the 2020 election, in October became the first business in 15 years to get indicted under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Prosecutors originally charged the voting machine vendor’s senior executives in 2024 for the same alleged misconduct, without determining if Smartmatic shared liability.
“The only consequential changes in this case since 2024 were the President, his DOJ, and their well-documented crusade to unconstitutionally target their perceived political enemies, like Smartmatic,” the company said in its request to a federal judge in Miami.
Read more: https://news.bgov.com/us-law-week/smartmatic-accuses-trump-doj-of-vindictive-bribery-prosecution
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As a sidenote - the WaPo article on this noted - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/10/smartmatic-trump-vindictive-prosecution-claim/
Though Smartmatic machines were used in only one U.S. county during the 2020 election — Los Angeles, which Trump lost by more than 1.8 million — the company has remained a target for Trump and his allies, who have claimed without evidence that the election was rigged.
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