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Home Front: Politix
Sweet: Trump backs off promise of special prosecutor for Clinton
2016-11-14
[ChicagoSunTimes] Trump back-pedaled on his promise to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton over her emails. "I’m going to think about it," Trump said.

"...She did some bad things, I mean she did some bad things," Trump said, prompting Stahl to ask, "I know, but a special prosecutor? You think you might...

To which Trump replied, making a reference to Bill and Hillary Clinton, "I don’t want to hurt them, I don’t want to hurt them. They’re, they’re good people. I don’t want to hurt them. And I will give you a very, very good and definitive answer the next time we do 60 Minutes together."
Did he say anything about discouraging his new attorney general, the NYPD, the IRS, or the various Congressional committee investigations? With this man one must listen as carefully to what he didn't say as to what he did, so if someone could get hold of the entire tape, that would be a very good idea.
Dentons Perspectives: A Post-Election Conversation with Speaker Newt Gingrich

Briefing Call: Dentons' US Public Policy and Regulation team held a moderated briefing call on November 10 to analyze the impact of the historic US election. Dentons senior advisor Newt Gingrich, former US Speaker of the House, discussed his insights on the November 8 election results.

Listen to the entire call recording
Twenty-five minutes long -- well worth hearing.

Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#17   HRC is not an enemy anymore.



She's still an enemy of the nation.
Posted by: charger   2016-11-14 20:24  

#16  Hope that Guilani will become A/G. Then he takes his time and starts looking up and down the food chain. Rudy knows how prosecutions under RICO work. Seizing assets would be a good start. All under the radar while the case builds.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2016-11-14 20:20  

#15  I bet the special prosecutor will be appointed after January 20th, 2017 in order to prevent Obama from pardoning her before.
Posted by: vendaval   2016-11-14 20:12  

#14  HRC is not an enemy anymore.
As long as the Clintons and Obamas continue to maintain a high profile with their constituencies, the country will be vulnerable to any manner of Soros mischief. Why hasn't she condemned the violent protests? Why the co-ordinated purple outfits at her concession speech? Purple Revolution.
She will remain a danger.


Posted by: Classer   2016-11-14 16:53  

#13  You go after enemies.
HRC is not an enemy anymore.
Best to let it go.
Posted by: European Conservative   2016-11-14 16:38  

#12  Translation: I'm president-elect now, ask me when I'm president.
Posted by: regular joe   2016-11-14 13:19  

#11  Tax Evasion. It was good enough for Al Capone.
Posted by: magpie   2016-11-14 11:50  

#10  A pardon is as a good as an admission of guilt for criminal activities. She'll never be jailed. Their profits from selling favors should be stripped from them and the companies that paid them publicly exposed and embarrassed. You can bet all those uncollected quos will be painful
Posted by: Frank G   2016-11-14 11:44  

#9  If he says he will prosecute BO will pardon. Better to keep them guessing.

If he doesn't prosecute then he is not cleaning the swamp. If he doesn't clean the swamp he is part of the problem.
Posted by: jvalentour   2016-11-14 11:25  

#8  I've said it before, Special Prosecutor Elizabeth Warren.

Let the Democrats determine if they are the corrupt/cover-up party (either way it can be hung around Warren's neck later) and let the Republicans come off as bending over backwards to be fair while striving for rule of law. Win/win.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-14 10:13  

#7  Should have kept his yapper shut and let Zero pardon her.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-11-14 09:58  

#6  The problem he has with NOT prosecuting is that it damages the 'legitimacy' of his election - it could appear to support claims that she did nothing wrong and that the accusations were strictly political creations. Of course prosecuting when you cannot convict (even if the charges are true) is even more damaging.
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-11-14 09:24  

#5  I need no revenge, simply justice. I trust the Trump people to make the correct decision.

Is it not enough that these evil Clinton people will be retiring from public service and are probably ruined? Above all else, we can give thanks that she and the donks will have nothing to do with the upcoming Supreme Court picks.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-11-14 07:37  

#4  Remember who is 'reporting' this. Nuff said.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-11-14 07:28  

#3  Well, that didn't take long.
Posted by: ed in texas   2016-11-14 07:19  

#2  Hillary is not a good person. Trump better rethink this and not get carried away in the excitement of a great victory. Best to keep that ace in the hole. The people voted for law and order and justice.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-11-14 06:48  

#1  Hillary is not a good person.
Posted by: gorb   2016-11-14 00:59  

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