Trump Team Signals He Won’t Pursue Clinton Investigations
She issued the following statement: “We were unaware that the meeting was canceled until we saw the President Elect’s tweet this morning”.
Trump said he wanted to “move forward” from the subject.
It is important to say that though there is nothing illegal about Trump running his business and the country simultaneously, the appearances of a conflict of interest and of what is “appropriate” action for the President of the United States in this regard does have a precedent.
But now all that is gone, just some overheated campaign rhetoric that is being shelved, if you listen to his spokeswoman, Kellyanne Conway and close confidante, Rudy Giuliani.
Trump said in that interview that Clinton “did some bad things”, but ultimately the Clintons are “good people” and “I don’t want to hurt them”. “I’m not looking to go back and go through this”, Trump says.
Since elected, Trump has been bringing along Ivanka and fellow spawn Eric and Donald Jr.to meetings with global dignitaries – while the press has been kept out.
Trump said prosecuting Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her handing of classified information while secretary of state or the dealings of the Clinton Foundation was “not something that I feel very strongly about”. They could still go ahead with probes of Clinton, as could Congressional Republicans.
As a presidential candidate, Trump was quick to bristle at unflattering news coverage, even as he remained accessible to certain reporters, including several from the Times.
Although her supporters are enough, not everyone agrees.
“President-elect Trump should focus on healing the broken justice system, affirm the rule of law and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Clinton scandals”, he said.
The right-wing news website Breitbart accused the NY businessman of breaking his word. – On pursuing criminal charges against the Clintons.
That’s a significant shift from Trump’s past statements that climate change is a “hoax” perpetrated by the Chinese to make US manufacturing less competitive.
The meeting provided some insights into Trump’s views on climate change and the Paris Agreement the USA signed this year to reduce carbon emissions. Trump’s comments were tweeted out by Times reporters, who asked about a Friday night event for an “alt-right” group in Washington during which attendees celebrated Trump’s election and gave Nazi salutes. “I think it would be very, very divisive for the country”. “There’s never been a case like this”.
Mr Carson is expected to respond after the Thanksgiving holiday, but has previously said he did not want to be involved in Mr Trump’s administration.