I suspect Trump is calling Obama's bluff with regard to the pardon. Almost certainly Obama would pardon her if the Trump Administration vowed to prosecute her. Now he's in a tight spot. Genius move.
I suspect Trump is calling Obama's bluff with regard to the pardon. Almost certainly Obama would pardon her if the Trump Administration vowed to prosecute her. Now he's in a tight spot. Genius move.
This is my thought as well. It hopefully freezes Obama from issuing a peremptory pardon to Clinton.
The fact that he did say he'd have a special prosecutor look into things still more or less holds in that he wouldn't pursue it if one parses the statement using clintonesqe wordsmithing. However having the new AG to oversee things still seems to fit into the overall plan.
I hope this is the path as otherwise the the approach of "one set of laws for everyone" will seem to have been pushed aside. At least for now.