Trump said he would fire Smith within 'two seconds' of taking office.
Donald Trump told conservative radio host, Hugh Hewitt, on Thursday that if he is elected president, he will fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within two seconds' of taking office.Smith was appointed by attorney general Merrick Garland as an independent special counsel to oversee Donald Trump's federal cases.
This was alluded to by Hugh Hewitt in the interview, when he asked Trump if Congress would impeach him for firing Smith.Trump replied: 'I don't think they'll impeach me if I fire Jack Smith. Jack Smith is a scoundrel.'But during the Mueller firing crisis, Republicans warned the president that he would face possible impeachment for doing so, while acknowledging that they could only act after Mueller was fired.
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