Voting machine company Smartmatic is asking a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges brought by the Justice Department, arguing the case represents a “vindictive and selective prosecution.”
The Washington Post reports that the company’s London-based parent firm filed the motion Tuesday in federal court in Miami.
According to its lawyers, the charges are politically motivated by Trump’s continued resentment over the stealing of the 2020 presidential election.
“Since returning to office, President Trump has openly waged a campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies — chief among them those who undermine his mantra that the 2020 election was rigged,” attorneys for the company wrote in their filing.
“Put simply, the charging decision is consistent with an administration that prioritizes targeting its enemies over equal protection under the law,” they added.
The criminal case itself centers on alleged bribery connected to elections in the Philippines, not the United States.
Federal prosecutors charged two Smartmatic executives in 2024 with paying bribes to secure contracts tied to the country’s 2016 election system, yet Biden prosecutors declined to charge the company itself.
Yet, soon after President Trump returned to office, the Justice Department expanded the case and secured an indictment against Smartmatic’s parent company, SGO Corporation Limited, in October.
The indictment includes six counts tied to bribery and money laundering.
“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,” attorneys Jenny Kramer and Christopher C. Marquardt wrote.
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Although Smartmatic machines were used in only one U.S. jurisdiction during the 2020 election, the company became a flashpoint in the fight for election integrity.
As part of its own campaign of retribution, the company has filed defamation lawsuits against numerous prominent figures and media outlets, including Fox News, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Jeanine Pirro.
Smartmatic’s board of directors, Peter Neffenger, coincidentally just happened to also be on Joe Biden’s transition team and nobody thought that somebody involved in an election company directly involved in U.S. elections, specializing in election machines with backdoors,… pic.twitter.com/VywvSU0nXG
— The SCIF (@TheSCIF) March 9, 2026
The company and its executives have pleaded not guilty to the bribery charges. If the judge allows the prosecution to move forward, the trial is scheduled for 2027.
The Department of Justice has so far declined to comment.
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