# Can Trump fire Jack Smith?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [October 25, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trump-fire-jack-smith/1009201 "2024-10-25T12:57:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trump-fire-jack-smith/1009201/10 "2024-10-25T15:52:55Z")

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To carry over from the DOJ/Jack smith Investigation thread,

> [@DOJ/Jack Smith Investigation into Trump and Election Interference, January 6th Insurrection (Re-Indicted August 27, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455/2642):
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> She’d be breaking the law on his behalf.

“She” being AG Cannon.

And then Smith or the Democrats will appeal, and it will wind up before SCOTUS who will then extend their _President can do no wrong_ edict insofar as Dear Leader is concerned. If a Democrat should ever again get elected (ha!) it will, of course turn on a fucking dime and had the ultimate power back to the legislative body.

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