“I think when the president-elect, who’s also the head of your party, tells you before he’s even inaugurated that he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message,, former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday.
Just being devil's advocate here, she could say "he doesn't wish to pursue these charges" and he could mean "I wish I didn't have to pursue these charges."
I'm not saying that's what happened, but it would be a pretty quick step-back from all the wild chants of "Lock her up!" that motivated his rallies in the last weeks of the campaign.
Personally, I think there has to be a line in the sand that our top elected officials must not cross, and Clinton crossed it. Obama ran a very loose administration where anything goes and anything went, but selling policy and mishandling state secrets is a line too far.
We must not forget that there is precedent. Richard Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury regarding Watergate and went to prison.
Hillary Clinton was not a head of state, as was Nixon when he was pardoned. Clinton should not be afforded the "nation-saving" treatment that Nixon was given when he was pardoned by Ford. Clinton was a Cabinet officer who grossly abused her trust, and should be given the same treatment that past Cabinet officers (like Mitchell) received.
-PJ