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(George Frey | AP photo) Dominion Voting Systems sent a letter to major social media platforms asking them to preserve documents ahead of potential litigation. Former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has made numerous false claims the 2020 election was fraudulent.Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne could be the target of a lawsuit for his embrace of post-election conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines stealing the election from former President Donald Trump.New York Times media reporter Ben Smith reported Thursday afternoon that Dominion Voting Systems sent letters to various social platforms, including YouTube, asking them to preserve posts ahead of potential litigation. Byrne is on the list of accounts Dominion is targeting.Dominion just sent letters to the social platforms asking them to preserve posts, and offered a glimpse at their target list: — Ben Smith (@benyt)Dominion became a key part of a sweeping far-right conspiracy theory that vote totals had been changed to deny Trump another term in the White House. The accusations included false claims that Dominion had rigged voting machines as part of a plot involving . was for spreading unfounded claims of election fraud.The move comes the same day that election technology company Smartmatic&nbsp;&nbsp;against Fox News and several Trump allies, saying they spread lies about the company playing a role in the fictional election fraud.Previously, Dominion filed against Trump’s lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell for claiming, without evidence, their equipment was part of a scheme to steal the election for now Joe Biden.In December, right-wing media outlets Fox News and Newsmax made on their networks that vote counts were manipulated in several states following the threat of legal action from Dominion.In the immediate aftermath of Trump’s election loss, who would be able to prove Trump won the election instead of Biden. He claimed Democrats had cheated by manipulating and stealing votes. There is absolutely no evidence to support that claim.Byrne was part of a group that in December as part of an effort to overturn the 2020 election. Byrne t that he joined former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Powell, who bluffed their way past White House security to meet with Trump as they did not have an appointment. Reporting from inside the meeting , with Byrne telling Trump that White House staffers were disloyal and had abandoned him.In 2019, Byrne went public with his apparent role in investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He revealed his relationship with an alleged Russian spy, but claimed he was romantically involved with her .Byrne did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity and contributions are taxdeductible

(George Frey | AP photo) Dominion Voting Systems sent a letter to major social media platforms asking them to preserve documents ahead of potential litigation. Former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has made numerous false claims the 2020 election was fraudulent.Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne could be the target of a lawsuit for his embrace of post-election conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines stealing the election from former President Donald Trump.New York Times media reporter Ben Smith reported Thursday afternoon that Dominion Voting Systems sent letters to various social...

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