President Donald Trump amplified content promoting a discredited conspiracy theory alleging that Venezuela's regime controls electronic voting systems worldwide and influenced the outcome of the 2020 U.S. election, a claim that has been repeatedly dismissed by courts and previously central to high-profile defamation settlements.
In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump shared a podcast segment hosted by journalist Lara Logan featuring former CIA officer Gary Berntsen and Venezuelan expatriate Martin Rodil, both of whom have been promoting allegations that Venezuela manipulates electronic voting globally. "We must focus all of our energy and might on ELECTION FRAUD!!" Trump wrote, without explicitly mentioning Venezuela.
