{"id":1980398,"date":"2023-07-22T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-in-contact-with-republican-governor-will-he-roll-on-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:17:13","slug":"special-counsel-jack-smith-in-contact-with-republican-governor-will-he-roll-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-in-contact-with-republican-governor-will-he-roll-on-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Counsel Jack Smith in touch with GOP Governor &#8211; Will he turn against Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspecial-counsel-jack-smith-in-contact-with-republican-governor-will-he-roll-on-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1980398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Special Counsel Jack Smith in Contact with Republican Governor &#8211; Will\u2062 He Roll on Trump?<\/h2>\n<p>Special Counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-following-around-jack-smith-like-fangirls-news-possible-third-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Smith<\/a> has reached out \u2063to Republican Georgia Gov. \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-resignation-georgia-gov-brian-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Kemp<\/a> regarding the investigation into former President Donald Trump&#8217;s attempts to overturn the 2020\u200b election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I can confirm our office has been contacted by Jack Smith&#8217;s office, but we will decline \u200cto comment further at this\u200d time,&#8221; said Andrew Isenhour, spokesman\u200b for Kemp, in \u2063a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This marks the \u2062first\u2063 communication between Kemp&#8217;s office and Smith as part \u200cof this investigation, as reported by\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/vMLmF#selection-627.0-652.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington \u2063Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following \u2062the 2020 election, Trump \u2062personally called\u2063 Kemp\u200d in an attempt to convince him to\u2064 call a special session of the \u2063state legislature to overturn President Joe Biden&#8217;s narrow victory in Georgia, according to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/georgia-gov-brian-kemp-contacted-special-counsel-election-probe-rcna95651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be here in about a\u200b year and\u200c a half campaigning\u200d against your governor,&#8221; Trump\u200d boldly declared during a 2021 rally in Georgia. &#8220;I guarantee it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump revealed that Smith had sent him a &#8220;target \u2064letter&#8221; related to the investigation into his actions following the\u2063 2020 election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The letter indicated that\u2062 Trump could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-in-contact-with-republican-governor-will-he-roll-on-trump\/\" title=\"Special Counsel Jack Smith in touch with GOP Governor - Will he turn against Trump?\">potentially face criminal\u200c charges<\/a>, suggesting\u200c an imminent indictment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The target letter cited three\u200b statutes, including &#8220;conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud \u2062the United States,&#8221; &#8220;civil rights conspiracy \u2063charge,&#8221; and &#8220;tampering with a witness, victim or informant,&#8221; as \u2063reported by unnamed sources to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/statutes-reportedly-referenced-trumps-target-letter-potential-indictment\/story?id=101526783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s investigation into\u2064 the events leading up \u2064to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot\u200c and the efforts to overturn the\u200d 2020 election \u2063results is extensive, according to \u200bThe Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice has not \u2064yet responded to the DCNF&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily\u200b Caller\u2062 News \u2064Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"Trump Weighs In on Deadly Subway Clash After DeSantis Calls Marine a 'Good Samaritan'\">nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is\u2064 available \u200cwithout charge\u2062 to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-may-soon-face-emergency-appeal-on-trans-surgery-for-kids\/\" title=\"SCOTUS may soon receive urgent appeal on transgender surgery for minors.\">legitimate\u200b news \u200cpublisher<\/a> that can provide a \u200blarge audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our\u2063 reporter&#8217;s byline, \u200dand their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about \u2064our guidelines or partnering with us, please\u200c contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/special-counsel-jack-smiths-office-contacts-georgia-gov-brian-kemp-trump-2020-election-probe\/\">Special Counsel Jack \u200cSmith in Contact with Republican Governor &#8211; Will He Roll on Trump?<\/a> appeared first \u2064on \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith has reached out to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp regarding the probe into Donald Trump&#8217;s attempts to reverse the 2020 election. Kemp&#8217;s spokesperson, Andrew Isenhour, confirmed the contact but declined to provide further details at this moment, as reported by the Daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2092,"featured_media":1980399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}