Dominion Voting Systems Thursday night abruptly backed out of attending a fact-finding hearing that was set for Friday morning with the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee.
At a press conference Friday morning, State Govt Committee Chair Seth Grove said the 1.3. million Pennsylvanians who used Dominionâs voting machines have been âhung out to dry and slapped in their faces.â
Pennsylvania lawmakers had scheduled the hearing with the voting machine manufacturer âto help identify and correct any irregularities in the election process,â according to the House Republican Caucus.
âIt is vitally important voters have faith in the machines they use to cast their ballots. On the heels of Gov. Tom Wolf unilaterally decertifying every voting machine in the Commonwealth, we need to know whether these new machines met expectations, whether they are reliable and whether they are not subject to interference,â said Rep. Grove (R-York).
Dominion had initially agreed to attend the hearing, before it âabruptly canceled,â Â Grove said.
âI was impressed at what appeared to be the willingness that Dominion Voting Systems to address accusations and it would have put 1.3. million Pennsylvanians who used their machines at easeâincluding myself, thinking that Dominion was willing to publicly back up their product which PA taxpayers invested millions to purchaseâ he noted during the presser. âUnfortunately, last evening, Dominion Voting Systems lawyered up, and backed out of their commitment to the people of Pennsylvania to provide their input in a public format.â
Grove blasted the company for âretreating into the darkness,â rather than appearing at the hearing with âhonesty and integrity.â
âWhy would a vendor of public goods fear discussing their product sold to the public for the public good? If Dominionâs products were successful and operated as they were supposed to, why wouldnât Dominion take the opportunity to publicly review its success?â Grove continued.Â
âHow hard is it to say âour ballot machines worked exactly as promised and they are 100 percent accurateâ?â he asked, noting that the company has not released any data proving tallies were accurate.Â
âIf they have nothing to hide, why are they hiding from us?â Grove questioned.Â
âNot only are Pennsylvanians more skeptical, but the actions of Dominion voting systems last night have lent credibility to their accusersâ accusations,â he added, noting that âto dateâ Democratic Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar has no plans âto address any concernsâ about election integrity.Â
Sidney Powell, a lawyer for the Trump campaign, accused Dominion of using software originally designed on behalf of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to steal elections.Â
âI can tell you that the company was started with Venezuelan money in Venezuela for the express purpose of rigging elections for Hugo Chavez,â Powell said in a Fox Business interview Friday.Â