Posted on 11/23/2016 7:12:12 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
At first blush, Donald Trump’s decision to swear off criminal investigations of Hillary Clinton didn’t look like a good idea.
At second blush, it looks like a terrible idea.
The decision, dribbled out in a TV report and then confirmed by aide Kellyanne Conway, is too momentous to come in bits and pieces and from anyone other than Trump directly. He made the pledge at a debate to appoint a special prosecutor, and it smacks of Washington-as-usual for the reversal to slither out the back door.
Yet instead of the president-elect personally explaining his big decision, the public got snippets of comments he made during an interview with the New York Times.
“I don’t want to hurt the Clintons, I really don’t,” the paper quoted him as saying. “She went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways.”
Asked whether he had ruled out a prosecution, he reportedly said, “It’s just not something that I feel very strongly about.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Very misleading headline. Trump said that prosecution was NOT off the table. What he did say was that HE wasn’t going to pursue prosecution.
Congress might have other plans.
Trump is trying to lull Obama into not giving her a pardon.
This doesn't mean he would prevent his AG from doing so if the AG thought the evidence demanded it.
This permits him to stay above the fray and devote his attention to his plans without getting blamed for a political witch hunt.
I hope you are right. But that is not how the various news outlets are portraying it. If that is what Trump means, then I agree with him. Put somebody else’s fingerprints on it.
I understand Trump mending fences in order to be an effective executive, but turning his head to blatant criminality is unacceptable. I hope we're all reading this incorrectly.
I agree. I dont think it is up to Trump whether to pursue prosecution. This would be up to the justice department.
What Trump was saying, is he will not pursue a political vendetta, which is the correct position.
If certain facts later come to light,then the AG can pursue it.
Let’s see what happens after the inauguration. While Trump may have said he would not prosecute her over the email server issue (a smart move- throw Dems a bone, albeit a small one.), there is the matter of the Wikileaks/Podesta human trafficking & pederast ring that will bring them all down. They must first be beyond an Obama pardon.
[Trump is trying to lull Obama into not giving her a pardon.]
THIS!
Who says she’s off the hook? The more I think about it the more I think DT is playing it smart. Now if the new AG and congress says she’s off the hook that’s a different matter.
Why do people still fall for this MSM nonsense. Trump never said he’s letting Hillary off.
Ease up. It’s been two weeks. The electoral college hasn’t even voted yet, much less, he’s not even president yet. Obamas crowning the lesbian of the century. He’s not done yet. Pedestals talking about Hillary, they’re still bribing and threatening voters.
Whatever trump does with the complicated case of the clintons or Hillary will have been well thought out and well advised. That’s all
So much BS in this headline. Trump isn’t backing off anything regarding Cankles. The president doesn’t prosecute anyone. The AG does.
There’s a lot turmoil going on right now. Let’s get through December and January, have our man in office and then decide what to do with HER.
Trump does always play or show his cards at once ... sometimes he must be equivocal.
Your approach to dealing with Hillary Clinton's criminal conduct in your first 100 days in office will greatly influence my approach to filing tax returns for the rest of my life.
Having said that, we should all recognize that there isn't a chance in hell that Hillary Clinton could ever be prosecuted in a court of law over any of this. There's no way to carry out a criminal prosecution when the defendant has a right to mount a defense that includes the public disclosure of classified information.
But at the very least, all of Clinton's criminal dealings must be investigated and documented for the history books.
Just another fake media report.
Trump’s not President yet. Why all the gnashing of teeth?
Two issues got him elected: enforcement of our immigration laws & border control, and ending DC corruption/Drain The Swamp. Actually these are two aspects of one issue: rule of law.
If within two weeks of being elected he walks away from 50% of his promises....
Trump not president yet. Give it time.
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