"I would fire him within two seconds,” Trump told radio show host Hugh Hewitt. Smith is the top prosecutor in two cases against Trump, one involving efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the other dealing with taking classified documents when he left office.

Attorneys for former President Trump on Thursday asked a judge to toss out his federal election subversion case by arguing that special counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutionally

Donald Trump said Thursday that he would use presidential powers to end Jack Smith’s probe into multiple criminal cases he’s brought against the former president, promising to fire the special counsel who has indicted him on multiple criminal charges.

Donald Trump vows to fire justice department special counsel who is prosecuting him if he wins the 2024 election.   19:44 Harris then took a few questions from the press, but didn’t make news.

Former president Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would fire Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading several cases against Trump with the Justice Department, “within two seconds” if he were re-elected.

Former President Trump said Thursday that he would fire special counsel Jack Smith, who is handling the criminal cases against Trump, within “two seconds” of taking office if he wins in November. “Oh it’s so easy.

Donald Trump says that if wins the White House, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds” of taking office.

Trump can order the Justice Department to remove Smith though he would technically not be able to do it himself since Smith isn’t a presidential appointee and was instead named to the post by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that if elected he would fire the federal prosecutor leading the criminal probes into his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat and alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office.