A reporter asked Kamala Harris about her calling the Jussie Smollett case a "modern day lynching" in a tweet shortly after it was discovered that Smollett had fabricated the event.

Kamala Devi Harris is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from California since 2017. Born in Oakland, California, Harris is a graduate of Howard University and University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2004, she was elected the 27th District Attorney of San Francisco, serving until 2011.