Republicans caught spreading US election conspiracy theory US

companies owned by former Republican candidatereported on "Italygate" - the use of satellites by an Italian company and the CIA to rewrite votes in favor of Biden in the elections in November 2020

Two companies from the US state of Virginia in late 2020 and early 2021 were engaged in the spread of conspiracy theories about foreign interference in the US presidential election. This is reported by The Washington Post, citing congressional documents.

According to the newspaper, at the end of December last year, former President Donald Trump demanded that his associates and senior White House officials find evidence of electoral fraud. After that, the HEAD of the presidential administration, Mark Meadows, sent acting. U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen for information about the so-called Italygate.

The conspiracy theory was that an Italian military contractor colluded with high-ranking CIA officials and used military satellites to steal votes from Trump and redirect them in favor of Joe Biden.

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The letter outlining this theory was printed on the letterhead of USAerospace Partners, a company registered in Virginia. In January 2021, another organization from that state, the Institute for Good Governance, published a press release in which an alleged Italian prosecutor confirms the existence of a hacker who confessed to plotting against Trump.

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According to WP, both companies are owned by Michelle Roosevelt Edwards, a former Republican candidate for US Congress. Edwards previously went by the name Michelle Ballarin, but changed it in 2013. The publication, citing Post magazine, reports that the woman was in a difficult situation in the past. But after changing the name, she revealed herself in business. She is also known for being the protector of the people of Somalia and for negotiating with Somali terrorists and pirates. WP does not rule out that Edwards owes her position to contacts among high-ranking people from Somalia. In addition, Edwards and her company are suspected of real estate fraud.

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In 2019, The Washington Post reported that Trump was plotting with Russia to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election. In addition, the publication reported that the ex-president may receive assistance from North Korea to win future elections.

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The Trump campaign in 2020 sued WP because of these publications. Lawyers for the former head of state argued that the newspaper knew for sure that the claims about Trump's conspiracy with Moscow were false, but continued to disseminate this information.