Donald Trump says he would fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds” of taking office if elected president.
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Trump, who regularly assails Smith and has suggested before that he would fire him if he were president, called Smith a “crooked person.” Trump, if elected, could order the Justice Department to remove Smith, though he would probably not be able to do it on his own since Smith is not a presidential appointee.
When he was investigated by a different special counsel as president, Trump urged his then-White House counsel, Don McGahn, to press the Justice Department to terminateAfter Trump said he would fire Smith, Hewitt raised the possibility that Congress could impeach Trump over that move. Trump said he did not believe that would happen.Democrat Kamala Harris’ campaign has sought to use revelations from Smith’s investigations into Trump against the Republican candidate.
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