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Interrogator: So, to summarize, is it true that the Venezuelan government paid Smartmatic to create software that could be used by the Venezuelan government to rig elections?
Defecting Engineer: That is true.
Interrogator: Is it true that Smartmatic sold its software to the Venezuelan government to use in elections?
Defecting Engineer: That is correct. The Venezuelan government gives the contract to Smartmatic for it to create the Venezuelan electoral system called SAIS and financed it with 250,000 US dollars and the Venezuelan government paid it 140 million dollars for them to carry out the elections. And in return of that 250,000 dollar loan, the Venezuelan government stays or keeps the software for the elections itself, keeps it, as well as the 28% shareholder interest of a company called Vista. And both Vista and Smartmatic have the same owners. These are sister companies set up to be able to carry out an election.
Interrogator: Is it true that Smartmatic then purchased Sequoia, an American company?
Defecting Engineer: Yes.
Interrogator: And is it true that Dominion then purchased Sequoia from Smartmatic in 2010?
Defecting Engineer: Yes.
Interrogator: And is it true that Dominion acquired from Sequoia the same Smartmatic software that was used to rig elections in Venezuela?
Defecting Engineer: That is correct.
Interrogator: Is it true that when you examined the forensic images of the Mesa County Election Management Server, you saw the same security bugs you were familiar with in the Smartmatic software that was used to rig elections in Venezuela?
Defecting Engineer: The same system bugs which would be used to manipulate or change an election.
Interrogator: Is it true that Smartmatic created a tool called SAES Data Utility?
Defecting Engineer: That is correct. And it’s recorded that the tool is named in the Settings and Configuration Manuals. And that tool was created to test the elements of the system within an election. Is that true? That is correct.
Interrogator: But that tool can be misused to emulate a voting machine.
Defecting Engineer: That is correct. To emulate multiple voting machines.