Trump says if he takes office, he will fire special counsel

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "We had a brave, brilliant judge in Florida," Trump said.
63% : I would fire him within two seconds," Trump responded.
28% : "Trump, if elected, could order the Justice Department to remove Smith.
24% : Smith brought two federal cases against Trump.
23% : Trump was asked during an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt whether he would first pardon himself or terminate Smith to remove the legal cloud hanging over him.
22% : Trump probably would not be able to do it on his own because Smith is not a presidential appointee.
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 suggested before that he would fire him if he were president, called Smith a "crooked person.
14% : While Trump criticized Smith on Thursday, he praised U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee who dismissed the classified documents case against him in July.
8% : Trump said he did not believe that would happen.Democrat Kamala Harris' campaign sought to use revelations from Smith's investigations into Trump against the Republican candidate.
4% : When Trump, while president, was investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller, Trump urged his then-White House counsel, Don McGahn, to press the Justice Department to terminate Mueller.

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