Danny Jones Podcast #395 - “I Watched Them Rig Elections In Real Time” Venezuelan Spy Breaks Silence | Ralph Pezzullo
May 11, 2026
Ralph Pezzullo, bestselling author and former government official, recounts whistleblower-led probes into alleged Venezuelan-linked election manipulation. He discusses origins of the voting software, links to cartels and foreign regimes, international spread through NGOs and grants, and claimed technical methods for flipping votes. Conversations cover defectors, intelligence reactions, and the book’s publication journey.
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How The Whistleblower Contact Began
- Ralph Pezzullo met Venezuelan whistleblower Martín Rodil who showed a detailed election-fraud presentation in Malibu.
- Rodil and ex-CIA Gary Bernson recruited insiders and asked Pezzullo to write a book after seeing live manipulation evidence from 2004 onward.
Cartel Sources Led To Election Claims
- Sources inside Cartel de los Soles told investigators the cartel ran vote-manipulation networks tied to Smartmatic and Dominion.
- Gary Bernson and Martín funded and recruited engineers to verify software backdoors after 2020 doubts.
How Venezuela Built Vote Manipulation Tools
- Venezuelan regime developed vote-manipulation software after the 2004 referendum by recruiting Simon Bolivar University engineers.
- They first ran the system on Olivetti touchscreen lottery machines before building full voting-machine capability.
