Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro mocks election claims by Trump legal team

President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, mocked Donald Trump's legal team allegations Friday of Venezuela being involved in manipulating the U.S. elections result.

Trump's lawyers said that Smartmatic, an election technology firm in the U.S., was created by the late Hugo Chavez to alter voting results.

In a broadcast Friday, Maduro displayed a drawing of U.S. comic superheroes bowing to Chavez as "the proof Giuliani presented yesterday."

He then added, "Mission accomplished!"

Smartmatic has said its technology was only used in Los Angeles County in the 2020 vote – not in any of the battleground states. The international company was incorporated in Florida by Venezuelan founders. It has been used in Venezuelan elections, but accusations that the company rigged elections there are unsubstantiated.

Maduro also joked the incident that occurred during Giuliani's address on yesterday's presser, when a browned drop of sweat fell from the forehead and down to the cheek of Giuliani's face.

"I'm getting the same dye as (Rudolph) Giuliani, the same dye, but it doesn't drip on me," joked Maduro.

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