The US Justice Department has filed money-laundering charges against Andres Bautista, a former election administrator in the Philippines, in a case involving four executives from subsidiaries of Smartmatic, according to court documents cited by CNN.
The executives, who have not been identified, are implicated as uncharged co-consiprators and are alleged to have "caused or attempted" to transfer $4 million to Bautista "in violation of US money laundering laws," according to CNN. "I am surprised to learn about a complaint filed against me. I have never been contacted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about it for comment," Bautista wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.
Smartmatic is already embroiled in several lawsuits against Fox News and former allies of former Donald Trump, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, over claims that its machines were used to manipulate the results of the 2020 US election.
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