The CEO of Dominion Voting Systems agreed to testify before the Michigan House and Senate Oversight Committees on Tuesday.
The election software company has been at the center of fraud allegations in the 2020 presidential election and was cited by a witness testifying with Rudy Giuliani when he met with lawmakers Dec. 3, 2020.
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CEO John Poulos was scheduled for a hearing 1 p.m. Dec. 15. It was one of the first times he has testified in the election.
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President Donald Trump and his administration filed many lawsuits across the country disputing the outcome of the election.
The Senate Oversight Committee hearing was held first:
“Today’s testimony by John Poulos, CEO and founder of Dominion Voting Systems, before the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee puts to rest the false claims of tabulator manipulation in the November Election," Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons said.
She said that clerks are the ones who run elections, not the vote tabulators and that they are run using paper ballots that can be recounted and audited.
"The spread of misinformation about this election must stop now, so that we can turn our attention to the real concerns that need to be addressed to ensure integrity in our elections," Lyons said.
Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield said the Michigan Legislature wasted no time in their investigations.
“President Trump also had every right to pursue his options and try every legal step available to contest this election. The race for the presidency is not something you take lightly. In Michigan, after reports of fraud, we as the Legislature began our investigations. We wasted no time. We issued subpoenas. We sent record retention letters to clerks. We had hearings. We brought in President Trump’s legal team. Even Dominion is coming in this week. We’ve diligently examined these reports of fraud to the best of our ability," he said in a statement Dec. 13.