Smith led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents. Trump suggested he might seek retribution.

However, stung by a 50% drop in revenues after the exodus of commercial advertisers in recent months, X (formerly Twitter) is actively courting political advertising dollars ahead of the US elections.

on Monday directed social media platform X to remove a post by Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, and Delhi CM Atishi that featured children participating in political campaign activities.