President-elect Trump has vowed to fire the special counsel 'within two seconds' of his inauguration.
Jack Smith will resign as special counsel before Donald Trump can fire him, several legal analysts have told Newsweek.Trump vowed to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on October 24 that he will fire Smith 'within two seconds' of taking office. Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland as an independent special counsel to oversee the Republican's federal cases.
'So I think Trump can fire Smith, who will probably resign first,' he added.Germain said that, if Smith didn't resign, Trump would simply appoint a new attorney general to fire Smith, or just pardon himself.'One way or another, Smith and his cases are done, in my opinion, once Trump is sworn in,' Germain added.Sahar Abi-Hassan, assistant political science professor at Northeastern University in Oakland, California, agreed that Smith will likely resign before being fired.
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