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Trump did not become president by doing things for media praise. I hope he doesn't plan to start now

Conway: Trump won't pursue charges against Hillary

By Dan Calabrese ——--November 22, 2016

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This is going to be a strange day. Let's start here: A Democrat senator has to explain to Donald Trump that it's really not his place to say who will or will not be the subject of a criminal investigation - this being a reaction to Trump's apparent decision to let Hillary Clinton off the hook, not only for her schlock, homebrew e-mail server but also for the far greater corruption that took place at the Clinton Foundation.
President-elect Donald Trump's administration will not pursue further investigations of Hillary Clinton related to her private email server or the Clinton Foundation, Trump's former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday, a significant break from a major campaign promise. "I think when the President-elect, who's also the head of your party, tells you before he's even inaugurated that he doesn't wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message, tone, and content" to fellow Republicans, Conway said in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."At the second presidential debate in early October, Trump threatened Clinton, saying that "if I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation." Conway said Clinton "still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don't find her to be honest or trustworthy," but added that "if Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that's a good thing to do." "Look, I think he's thinking of many different things as he prepares to become the President of the United States, and things that sound like the campaign are not among them," she added.
Despite Trump breaking a campaign promise to some of the most fervent anti-Clinton supporters, Democrats also took issue with the decision as a sign of the President-elect's executive overreach. "That's not how this works. In our democracy, the President doesn't decide who gets prosecuted and who doesn't," Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut wrote on Twitter.
Perhaps Sen. Murphy would also like to explain that to Barack Obama, whose Justice Department provided Hillary with all the cover she needed by making it nearly impossible for the FBI to conduct a thorough and serious investigation. But what Conway is saying here on Trump's behalf makes no sense either. She argues further on that Trump wants to focus on jobs, which is well and good, but has nothing whatsoever to do with a criminal investigation that would rest properly in the hands of the FBI. Indeed, if he wants to focus on jobs and not be distracted by criminal investigations, no problem: Simply refrain from dictating to the FBI what it should and should not investigate, and let them work out where the evidence leads them.

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Now look, I understand that there's a thing called political capital, and Trump may be concerned that it would cost him too much of it to prosecute Hillary when he needs it for other priorities. But the solution to that is keeps his hands off it one way or the other and let the outcome be driven solely by evidence gathered by professional investigators. If the evidence is strong enough to warrant prosecution, it will be hard for the public or even the Trump-hating media to portray the prosecution as a political thing. And if this is all about "letting the nation heal" a la Gerald Ford pardoning Richard Nixon, bolshevik. The Clintons have gotten away with their decades-long crime spree precisely because politicians of both parties think the country doesn't want to deal with the trauma of their being prosecuted. I think the country pays a much higher price when politicians are above the law. As much as I would be happy to see the Clintons disappear from public view and never be seen or heard from again, they should be held accountable for their crimes. Trump did not become president by doing things for media praise. I hope he doesn't plan to start now.
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