If re-elected, Trump promises to fire Smith “within 2 seconds.”

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds” of taking office if he wins the White House.

Trump was asked during an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt whether he would first pardon himself or fire Smith to clear the legal cloud over him.

Smith, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022, has sued the former president over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his alleged misuse of classified documents.

“It’s that simple. “I would fire him in two seconds,” Trump replied. “It will be one of the first things addressed.”

Trump, who previously suggested he would fire him if he were president, also called Smith a “crooked person.”

If elected, Trump could order the Justice Department to fire Smith. Trump likely wouldn’t be able to do this alone since Smith is not a presidential candidate.

Smith has filed two federal lawsuits against Trump. A case that accused him of illegally storing secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida was dismissed in July, a decision Smith is appealing.

The other lawsuit, which accuses him of seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was delayed by a Supreme Court opinion granting broad immunity for official actions taken while he was president.

After Trump announced he would fire Smith, Hewitt raised the possibility that Congress could impeach Trump over the move. Trump said he didn’t think that would happen.

“I don’t think they’re going to charge me if I fire Jack Smith,” Trump said. “Jack Smith is a villain.”

While Trump criticized Smith, he praised U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee who dismissed the classified documents case against the former president in July.

“We had a brave, brilliant judge in Florida,” Trump said. “By the way, she’s a brilliant judge. I don’t know her. I never spoke to her. Never spoke to her. But we had a brave and very brilliant judge.”