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Harrison Smith — X Posts
@HarrisonHSmith (Harrison Smith) is a broadcaster whose single most-cited contribution to this investigation is a pre-assassination post: a secondhand report of Charlie Kirk's own fear, published four weeks before the shooting. It is a contemporaneous fear claim about Kirk's belief — not proof of who killed him.
Claims from X posts
- August 13, 2025 — posted: "I'm not gonna name names, but I was told by someone close to Charlie Kirk that Charlie thinks Israel will kill him if he turns against them." The post pre-dates the September 9 "they are going to kill me" text reports and reached tens of thousands of likes — see the 2025 timeline and Year 2025 timeline.
- September 10, 2025 confirmation — on the day of the assassination, the account @ViceLitty quoted the August post and asked "Is this true @HarrisonHSmith I only need a yes or no." Smith replied one hour later with a single word: "yes." The quoted post shows 2:34 PM, 10 Sep 25 and 240K views — documented with the screenshot on the Israel photo page.
- The post is cross-referenced against the reported September 9 "they are going to kill me" text as an earlier, independent occurrence of the same fear claim.
Investigative value
Because the post is timestamped before the assassination, it cannot be a retrofitted narrative — which is why researchers treat it as one of the strongest contemporaneous fear artifacts. It remains secondhand ("someone close to Charlie"), unnamed, and unverified against any primary message log.