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(The Guardian) If elected, Trump says he will fire Jack Smith 'within two seconds'
Donald Trump has vowed that if he returns to the White House, he will swiftly fire Jack Smith, the justice department special counsel who is prosecuting him for allegedly plotting to overturn the 2020 election and hide classified documents.
In an interview today, conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt asked Trump if he would pardon himself or fire Smith. Trump meandered in his reply, before saying: It’s so easy. I would fire him within two seconds.
Trump also noted that “we got immunity at the Supreme Court,” a reference to the ruling by the court’s conservative majority this summer finding that presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts. That complicated Smith’s election meddling case against the former president, and played a part in it not going to trial prior to the 5 November election.
Harris campaign says latest Trump comments proof of his plans for dictatorship
A spokesman for Kamala Harris’s campaign said Donald Trump’s comment about firing Jack Smith and his brags about the supreme court giving presidents immunity is proof he would govern as a dictator.
“Donald Trump thinks he’s above the law, and these latest comments are right in line with the warnings made by Trump’s former Chief of Staff that he wants to rule as a dictator with unchecked power,” said Ammar Moussa, the campaign’s director of rapid response.
“A second Trump term, where a more unstable and unhinged Trump has essentially no guardrails and is surrounded by loyalists who will enable his worst instincts, is guaranteed to be more dangerous. America can’t risk a second Trump term.”
Donald Trump has vowed that if he returns to the White House, he will swiftly fire Jack Smith, the justice department special counsel who is prosecuting him for allegedly plotting to overturn the 2020 election and hide classified documents.
In an interview today, conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt asked Trump if he would pardon himself or fire Smith. Trump meandered in his reply, before saying: It’s so easy. I would fire him within two seconds.
Trump also noted that “we got immunity at the Supreme Court,” a reference to the ruling by the court’s conservative majority this summer finding that presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts. That complicated Smith’s election meddling case against the former president, and played a part in it not going to trial prior to the 5 November election.
Harris campaign says latest Trump comments proof of his plans for dictatorship
A spokesman for Kamala Harris’s campaign said Donald Trump’s comment about firing Jack Smith and his brags about the supreme court giving presidents immunity is proof he would govern as a dictator.
“Donald Trump thinks he’s above the law, and these latest comments are right in line with the warnings made by Trump’s former Chief of Staff that he wants to rule as a dictator with unchecked power,” said Ammar Moussa, the campaign’s director of rapid response.
“A second Trump term, where a more unstable and unhinged Trump has essentially no guardrails and is surrounded by loyalists who will enable his worst instincts, is guaranteed to be more dangerous. America can’t risk a second Trump term.”
