Trump says he will fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within 2 seconds' if reelected

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "We had a brave, brilliant judge in Florida," Trump said.
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63% : I would fire him within two seconds," Trump responded.
34% : Smith, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022, has charged Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his mishandling of classified documents.
31% : Trump was asked during a friendly interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt whether he'd first pardon himself or terminate Smith to remove the legal cloud hanging over him as president.
27% : "I don't think they'll impeach me if I fire Jack Smith," Trump said.
25% : "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.Convicted St. Louis car bomber Anthony Leisure dies in prison LA Rams want to buy Earth City training site for $1.
24% : Smith has brought two federal cases against Trump.
23% : "Democrat Kamala Harris' campaign has sought to use revelations from Smith's investigations into Trump against the Republican candidate.
22% : Trump said he did not believe that would happen.
16% : After Trump said he would fire Smith, Hewitt raised the possibility that Congress could impeach Trump over that move.
15% : "Trump, who regularly assails Smith and has suggested before that he would fire him if he were president, called Smith a "crooked person.
12% : While Trump criticized Smith, he praised U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee who dismissed the classified documents case against the former president in July.

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