If former President Donald Trump wins the presidential election and returns to the White House, he says he will immediately dismiss the federal special counsel who criminally prosecuted him.
In an interview with conservative podcast host Hugh Hewitt, former President Trump said it was very easy to fire special counsel Jack Smith and that he would cut it in two seconds.
Special counsel Smith, appointed by the Biden administration's Attorney General Merrick Garland, previously charged former President Trump with leaking confidential documents and overturning the presidential election.
The U.S. president does not have the power to dismiss the special prosecutor, but he can be fired through the attorney general who holds the power to appoint him.
Former President Trump called federal judge Aileen Cannon of Florida's Southern Court, who dismissed his confidential leak case, a brave and excellent judge.
He also described the European Union as a small China, citing the U.S. trade deficit with Europe.
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