The Dispute Index

Grace Smoker

Grace Smoker is a political communications professional and communications director for Letitia James's campaign. She previously worked in media strategy at Stu Loeser & Co. and on Tim Kaine's Senate campaign.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Grace Smoker on Criminal Justice Policy, Education, and Law Enforcement, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Grace Smoker

Grace Smoker

Role at the time: Communications director for James's campaign

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Statement summary

Smoker accuses Komatireddy of politicizing the investigation and says James is following facts and law.

“It doesn’t get any lower than that. Attorney General James is focused on following the facts and the law. Our opponent should try to do the same.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)James seeks outside counsel for Cornell investigationDirect responses by Siegel, Quinn, Komatireddy, Richards and Smoker
Why we used this label

The matter under scrutiny is James's appointment. Smoker defends James's handling of the investigation and rejects her opponent's claim that James is unqualified to conduct it.

Read statementWas Kathy Hochul right to appoint Letitia James as special prosecutor in the Cornell case?

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