Trump won’t pursue case against Clinton, Conway says (?)

Washington Post ^ | 11/22/2016 | Jerry Markon, Paul Farhi and Karen Tumulty

[tekrat]

President-elect Donald Trump has decided that his administration will not pursue criminal investigations related to former rival Hillary Clinton’s private email server or her family foundation, his campaign manager said Tuesday.

Trump’s apparent decison, conveyed by campaign manager Kellyanne Conway in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,’’ would be an extraordinary break with political and legal protocol, which holds that the Attorney General and FBI makes decisions on whether to conduct investigations and file charges, free of pressure from the president.

During his campaign, Trump had issued incendiary calls for a special prosecutor to re-open the FBI’s closed investigation of Clinton’s use of a private server while Secretary of State and had also urged investigations of allegations of corruption at the Clinton Foundation. He nicknamed the Democratic nominee “Crooked Hillary” and encouraged chants of “Lock her up!” at his rallies.

[tekrat]

If this is true he just lost his re-election bid.

[Gaffer]

Give me some quote from a “Office of the President-Elect” or something. I don’t give a rip’s a$$ about what WaPo says (or the NYT, or the MSM, for that matter).

[\/\/ayne]

I wonder what Billary Clinton’s been up to and why liberal news media is hiding their activities.

[battletank]

I just read the Post article and was already holding my breath after hearing this rumor earlier this morning. Now that I see the quotes, and find that this bullshit is true....I am pretty much over my Trump mania. To hell with it all.

[Genoa]

Head fake. No pardon needed.

[battletank]

There are QUOTES from KellyAnne Conway. I don’t know how much more needs to be said.

[Ann Archy]

for crying out loud!!! HE doesn’t pursue anything....the FBI and the Justice Dept. do. IF HE did Make the Justice Dept. indict her, THAT would cause a sh*tstorm!!

[Genoa]

So now the Washington Post is critical of Trump for saying he won’t seek prosecution. He can’t do anything right according to them.

[bigdaddy45]

Please. Really? You need to get over your Hillary Clinton fetish. She is finished!! Done!! In four years no one will even remember her name. You honestly think the potential non-prosecution of HRC would be a campaign issue in 2020????

[Genoa]

So — Trump will not seek it. Will he prevent it?

[battletank]

It’s in the NY Post as well.

http://nypost.com/2016/11/22/trump-wont-pursue-charges-against-clinton/

[pnz1]

I just don’t get why so many in positions of authority are willing to overlook/enable someone who is shown to be less than legal in her activitie$.

[Kevin C]

I don’t think that most voters were gullible enough believe that he was going to keep that promise.

[Gaffer]

Frankly, there was a guy who I read here this morning that said something to the effect that “expecting truth from the MSM is like taking tap water and filtering it through a bunch of used kitty litter to drink.

They can quote and interpret all they want, but I want to hear him say it - and then I will voice my extreme displeasure with f@cking ‘expediency.’

[fwdude]

We all know it comes down from the top, though. It always does.

[Lisbon1940]

There is a question mark in the title.

[polymuser]

Yup.

[jjotto]

A big ole green light to Obama and company to do the same as Hillary and Bill!

Let’s hope it’s a trial balloon suggested by Romney, and someone concerned about activities of future US government officials will carry the day.

[battletank]

It will be an issue for support right now. Others are in JAIL for far less....and he was adamant that he was the Law and Order Candidate. Yeah. Right.

[JusPasenThru]

Let Donald be Donald. Remember, he is usually two steps ahead of the game. If he calls off the dogs he has figured out that a different pack of dogs is going to devour them soon enough and he won’t look like the big meanie.

Everybody keep your power dry.