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Former US president Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds” of taking office if re-elected in November.
Trump was asked during a friendly interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt whether he would first pardon himself or terminate Smith to remove the legal cloud hanging over him as president.
“It’s so easy. I would fire him within two seconds,” Trump responded. “He’ll be one of the first things addressed.”
Trump, who regularly assails Smith and has suggested before that he would fire him if he were president, called Smith a “crooked person”.
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.