Trump would fire Smith

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.
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.
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.
5% : Illinois State University student in custody after police say he threatened to kill someone Bloomington tent camp cleared; long-term solution still needed to help the unhoused Rivian to start construction on logistics facilities near Normal plant Downtown Bloomington eatery Under Wraps to close for good this week Bloomington woman turns sea glass finds into colorful artwork Normal man gets 74 years for sexually abusing a girl 20 years agoWhen 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.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.