10/24/2024

If Elected, Trump Says He’d ‘Fire’ Special Counsel Jack Smith in ‘Two Seconds’

Smith has led the DOJ's investigations into Trump’s 2020 election fraud cases

On Thursday, former president Donald Trump that he would "fire" special counsel Jack Smith on his first day back in the White House if he is elected again, making clear that he would push to drop at least two federal cases against him.

In an interview Thursday morning with conservative podcast host Hugh Hewitt, Trump was asked what he would do if he had to choose between firing Smith or pardoning himself at the start of a second term.

"Oh, it's so easy. It’s so easy... I would fire him within two seconds," Trump said of Smith, who is leading the Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigations into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the hoarding of classified documents.

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