Conservatives bristle as Trump backs off Clinton prosecution
He tells The New York Times that prosecuting the Clintons “would be very, very divisive for the country”.
“BROKEN PROMISE“, declared Breitbart-a far-right website previously run by Stephen Bannon, Trump’s incoming White House chief strategist. Writer and commentator Ann Coulter also balked at the news, tweeting: “Whoa!”
A GROUP of rebel electors against Donald Trump becoming president have signed an agreement to try and prevent him entering The White House. Did we make him the Federal Bureau of Investigation, & (U.S. Department of Justice)? “His job is to pick those guys, not do their jobs”. And when asked by Times reporters whether he was taking further investigations, the president-elect responded, “no”.
Clinton responded: “It’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country”.
US political analysts, however, say Clinton’s failure to connect with white, working-class voters in the country’s industrial heartland played a more prominent role in the outcome.
The butt of all those full-throated chants at Trump rallies, “lock her up, lock her up”?
The Green Party’s Presidential Candidate, Jill Stein, is also raising funds to request a recount in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, all won by Trump.
The move has left Trump’s supporters in anger as during the presidential debate, Trump had promised Clinton’s prosecution.
Responding to questions on his real flourishing estate business, Trump said it would be extremely hard to sell off his business, as they are real estate holdings.
And it’s partly that the job’s been done – if the language during the campaign was about discrediting Hillary Clinton in the eyes of enough of the electorate to get Mr Trump elected, then – well – it’s mission accomplished. But perhaps those people eager to scrap a system that mostly has worked for more than 200 years should focus more on convincing people to go to the polls next time.
In that interview he praised Mrs Clinton for being “very strong and very smart”, and said she and Bill Clinton could not have been nicer after the election.
Joe Lauria, an author and investigative journalist based in NY, told Press TV on Wednesday that Trump did not want to inflict any additional embarrassment upon Hillary and Bill Clinton. the former President of the United States.
On Tuesday, in a meeting with the New York Times, he changed his mind again, saying he could win the popular vote if that’s what it took.
President-elect Donald Trump waves to the crowd as he leaves the New York Times building following a meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in New York.
Trump’s announcement on Twitter comes a week after Carson let it be known that he is not interested in being considered for any position in the Trump administration.