Reid Hoffman, the Democratic megadonor and ‘Epstein Island’ visitor, has invested in Smartmatic, an electronic voting company engaged in several defamation lawsuits against Fox News and Newsmax. While Smartmatic claimed last year that no third-party entities were underwriting its litigation efforts, that appears to have changed with Hoffman’s investment.
“Smartmatic built a global business by using technology to better engage citizens, regardless of party or ideology, by making voting simple and trustworthy,” Hoffman claimed in a statement, acknowledging his investment and its purpose. He continued: “After Donald Trump lost in 2020, however, Smartmatic became a target of the defamatory campaign to overturn his defeat.”
“Not only is Smartmatic a great investment in terms of financial returns, this was a way to provide capital that would allow the truth to be found in the courts,” he confired. “This is a company that is a great company with a great CEO, and this case is a great case.”
A trial date has yet to be set for Smartmatic‘s lawsuit against Fox News. It settled similar litigation last year with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
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Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, has funded several lawfare campaigns against conservative organizations and candidates, including E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation lawsuits against former President Donald J. Trump. In addition, Hoffman is a major financial backer of the MeidasTouch Network. Founded by the three Meiselas brothers—Ben, Brett, and Jordy—the far-left media organization helped popularize the “bloodbath” hoax against Trump earlier this year.
The tech billionaire has also funded Fusion GPS, Nimrata ‘Nikki’ Haley, and other anti-Trump endeavors. In 2024—long after Epstein’s conviction for procuring a girl below age 18 for prostitution—Hoffman visited the pedophile financier’s compound in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, Hoffman arranged to stay at the Manhattan townhouse where Epstein abused many of his victims.
He admitted to The Wall Street Journal that “by lending my association, I helped [Epstein’s] reputation, and thus delayed justice for his survivors.” The LinkedIn co-founder claims his last interaction with the convicted sex offender was in 2015.