Republican candidate Donald Trump said Thursday that he would fire special counsel Jack Smith within “two seconds” if he takes office again.
Smith indicted Trump on January 6, 2021, for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. said Radio presenter Hugh Hewitt said Mr Smith would lose his job immediately if he was re-elected in November.
“Oh, it’s so easy. It’s so easy. The fact is, he’s a crooked person. He’s…a human being,” Trump said of Smith’s firing. “There was a brave, good judge in Florida. She’s a good judge, by the way. I don’t know her. I’ve never talked to her. I’ve never talked to her. But we had a brave and very good judge, and she, you know, has suffered with these out-of-control people. She didn’t move fast. She didn’t do that. Well, she moved fast. There was a case, and the big case was that case, the document case. You also said, “Oh, that’s a big case.”
“We won the paper case, and I think we’re winning all the other cases, too. Sometimes we have to appeal. We got immunity in the Supreme Court. It’s very easy. Then they’ll fire him within two seconds. He’ll be one of the first people brought up,” the former president continued.
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Smith was initially charged with 40 charges, including 31 counts of violating the Espionage Act, related to allegations that Trump was illegally kept classified documents inside his Mar-a-Lago residence in June 2023. Indicted Trump. Judge Eileen Cannon, who handled the case, ruled in a July 15 ruling that Smith’s appointment was illegal and dismissed the suit. (Related: Trump raises the possibility of pardoning Hunter Biden if elected)
The U.S. Supreme Court on July 1 ruled against President Trump’s attempt to dismiss the lawsuit on grounds of absolute immunity, saying the president is immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts” committed while in office. handed down a judgment. Smith filed a superseding indictment that removed allegations related to Trump’s “attempts to exploit the Department of Justice” and updated language that alleges the former president acted outside of his official capacity.
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