Trump challenges special counsel Jack Smith appointment in Jan. 6 case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : I would fire him within two seconds," Trump said in an interview with podcast host Hugh Hewitt.
43% : No trial date has been set, as the case is all but certain to makes its way back to the Supreme Court, and Trump is expected to end the case if he regains office.
40% : However, she ruled last month that Trump could file a motion seeking to show why a 2019 decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding the appointment of an earlier Trump-Russia special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was not binding on her.
40% : "The filing came the same day that Trump said he would "fire" Smith on his first day in the White House if elected again, rather than pardon himself.
35% : Trump had pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of illegally retaining classified defense information after leaving office and obstructing government efforts to retrieve the material, which included highly sensitive information about a foreign country's nuclear capabilities; Iran's missile system; and intelligence gathering aimed at China.

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