Donald Trump says he will fire special counsel Jack Smith ‘in 2 seconds’
Smith is leading criminal probes into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his mishandling of classified documents
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday that he would immediately fire Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two federal cases against him, if he wins the November election.
Trump, who is awaiting sentencing on separate charges relating to hush money payments, is accused by Smith of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump’s remarks targeting the special counsel prompted the campaign of his White House rival Kamala Harris to accuse the former president of thinking he was “above the law”.
Trump’s lawyers filed a motion meanwhile which sought the dismissal of the election subversion case on the grounds that Smith was unlawfully appointed – an argument that they successfully used in another case against the former president brought by the special counsel.
Trump was charged in Florida with mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House, but the case was tossed out by District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee.
