{"id":2350367,"date":"2024-10-03T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-stays-silent-on-bombshell-jack-smith-court-filing-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T18:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:35:44","slug":"harris-campaign-stays-silent-on-bombshell-jack-smith-court-filing-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-stays-silent-on-bombshell-jack-smith-court-filing-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris campaign stays silent on &#8216;bombshell&#8217; Jack Smith court filing &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fharris-campaign-stays-silent-on-bombshell-jack-smith-court-filing-washington-examiner%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=2350367&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--><p>The\u200d article discusses the silence of Vice President\u2063 Kamala Harris and other Democratic\u200b leaders regarding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-giuliani-admits-he-made-false-statements-about-georgia-2020-election-workers\/\" title=\"Rudy Giuliani confesses to spreading &#039;false&#039; claims about Georgia election workers.\">recent \u200bcourt filing<\/a> by\u200c Special Counsel Jack Smith, which presents evidence\u2063 against former \u2063President Donald\u2064 Trump related to election interference. The 165-page \u2062document alleges that Trump actively sought to overturn the 2020 election results, \u200cdespite knowing the legal and ethical implications. Notably, the filing\u200b includes claims that\u200b Trump \u2062made dismissive remarks about the violent events at\u200b the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and\u200c that he encouraged his supporters to continue\u2062 fighting \u2063for election integrity, \u2062regardless of the election outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Harris and \u2064President Biden have\u2064 opted for a strategy of silence on Trump&#8217;s legal troubles, possibly\u200d to avoid \u200cperceptions of electoral interference.\u2063 However, some Democrats, like \u2063Rep. \u2064Bennie Thompson, have \u200cpublicly expressed\u2062 support for Smith&#8217;s efforts to \u200dhold Trump accountable. The article \u2064also touches\u200c on Trump&#8217;s response to the \u200bfiling,\u2064 reiterating his\u200d claims of victimhood and accusing the \u200bJustice Department of bias. the piece highlights the contrasting responses within the Democratic Party regarding Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">ongoing legal challenges<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris campaign stays silent on Jack Smith court filing about Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1775063\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign and top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic<\/a> leaders have largely refrained from commenting on the recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3175044\/jack-smith-lays-out-2020-election-case-against-trump-in-newly-unsealed-filing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>unsealed court filing<\/a> containing special counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jack Smith<\/a>&lsquo;s evidence against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-deranged-sounding-georgia-grand-jury-foreman-throws-election-case-against-trump-into-legal-jeopardy\/\" title=\"WATCH: Deranged-Sounding Georgia Grand Jury Foreman Throws Election Case Against Trump Into Legal Jeopardy\">election interference case<\/a> against the former president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The 165-page filing detailed allegations that Trump knowingly attempted to overturn the will of the voters after losing the 2020 election despite warnings from members of his team, including former Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n<p>Trump allegedly told his family members, &ldquo;It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell,&rdquo; according to prosecutors. He also allegedly responded, &ldquo;So what?&rdquo; when told of Pence&rsquo;s dire predicament as rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Harris&rsquo;s campaign nor the White House responded to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s request for comment on the filing.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s refusal to comment on the eyebrow-raising allegations in Smith&rsquo;s filing largely adheres to the same strategy of silence on Trump&rsquo;s legal problems that she and President Joe Biden have followed since the former president was indicted four times in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>After he was first indicted in March 2023, Trump and the rest of the GOP publicly accused the Justice Department of election interference and Democrats of political payback to prevent him from winning another term in office.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated those claims this week on Truth Social in several posts. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;FOR 60 DAYS PRIOR TO AN ELECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE IS SUPPOSED TO DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT WOULD TAINT OR INTERFERE WITH SAID ELECTION,&rdquo; Trump said Thursday. &ldquo;THEY DISOBEYED THEIR OWN RULE IN FAVOR OF COMPLETE AND TOTAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE. I DID NOTHING WRONG, THEY DID! THE CASE IS A SCAM.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although Biden and Harris have usually stayed quiet about Trump&rsquo;s legal problems to avoid any perception of election meddling, there is one notable exception: Trump&rsquo;s felony conviction on state charges in New York.<\/p>\n<p>As a former California attorney general, Harris has tried to frame the election against Trump as one between a prosecutor and a felon after a Manhattan jury convicted Trump of 34 counts during a controversial hush money trial.<\/p>\n<p>However, other Democrats have not held back from commenting on Smith&rsquo;s filing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I applaud Special Counsel Jack Smith for providing the clearest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump,&rdquo; wrote Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the former chairman of the House Select Committee that investigated the Capitol riot. &ldquo;This transparency is a testament to our commitment to justice prevailing and holding those accountable who undermine our democracy!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I applaud Special Counsel Jack Smith for providing the clearest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump. This transparency is a testament to our commitment to justice prevailing and holding those accountable who undermine our democracy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B1pJcTEpom\">https:\/\/t.co\/B1pJcTEpom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bennie G. Thompson (@BGThompsonMS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGThompsonMS\/status\/1841581283274850788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In a lengthier <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BennieGThompson\/status\/1841880895185138119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a>, Thompson also said Trump was not &ldquo;immune from prosecution&rdquo; and called his actions on Jan. 6 &ldquo;contemptible and depraved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepCohen\/status\/1841637336708178206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called&nbsp;<\/a>Smith &ldquo;honest and courageous and determined to get the gangster&rdquo; in a post on X, while Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) called the document &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepRobertGarcia\/status\/1841906401628868858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alarming<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yesterday&rsquo;s legal filings show evidence that Donald Trump&rsquo;s J6 actions broke the law. He threatened democracy and our electoral integrity. We need accountability,&rdquo; Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries&rsquo;s (D-NY) offices for comment, along with the Democratic National Committee. <\/p>\n<p><em>Haisten Willis contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1775063\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1775063\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris campaign remains quiet on Jack Smith&#8217;s filing about Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2350368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/byron-harris-polls.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[42294,35844,32463],"class_list":["post-2350367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-court-filing","tag-harris-campaign","tag-jack-smith"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/byron-harris-polls.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350367","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}