Jack Smith’s Kamala Harris ‘Bombshell’

The vice president’s co-option of the special counsel’s immunity opus is a stunning moment in American politics.

AP/Jose Luis Magana
Special Counsel Jack Smith on June 9, 2023, at Washington. AP/Jose Luis Magana

What did Vice President Harris know about Special Counsel Jack Smith’s filing in the January 6 case and when did she know it? That’s the question that arises as the Harris campaign cuts its first advertisement, called “Bombshell,” based on Mr. Smith’s immunity brief only five days after it became public. It is set to run in battleground states just 23 days before the election. It bolsters President’s Trump’s claims of “election interference.”

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