Trump says "no" when asked if he is taking investigations of Clinton off the table.

[tinydancer]

So fellow posters Trump hasn't ruled this investigation of Hillary Clinton off the table. Just that he believes it would be very divisive.

Now that we have the bullshit "broken promise" out of the way that the left has been chortling about I'd like a simple legal answer from someone who is qualified to answer the question "Did Trump ever have the power to prosecute Clinton?"

As far as I knew Trump only had the power to ask Congress to pursue investigations. Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

"Maggie Haberman ✔ @maggieNYT
Trump says "no" when asked if he is taking investigations off the table for Clintons but adds he doesn't want to "hurt the Clintons."

12:14 PM - 22 Nov 2016"

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/22/trump-on-prosecuting-clinton-i-think-it-would-be-very-very-divisive.html

 

[WaitingFor2020]

So fellow posters Trump hasn't ruled this investigation of Hillary Clinton off the table. Just that he believes it would be very divisive.

Now that we have the bullshit "broken promise" out of the way that the left has been chortling about I'd like a simple legal answer from someone who is qualified to answer the question "Did Trump ever have the power to prosecute Clinton?"

As far as I knew Trump only had the power to ask Congress to pursue investigations. Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

"Maggie Haberman ✔ @maggieNYT
Trump says "no" when asked if he is taking investigations off the table for Clintons but adds he doesn't want to "hurt the Clintons."

12:14 PM - 22 Nov 2016"

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/22/trump-on-prosecuting-clinton-i-think-it-would-be-very-very-divisive.html

Sounds like more word salad from von ClownStick.
Maybe he should realize that imprisoning your political opponents after the election is just soooooo so banana republic.

 

[mrbojanglezs]

Presidents do not have the power to start an investigation so why do people keep asking him about it.

If his AG opened it up, he wouldn't block it...pretty simple, but he is not going to personally order or target her.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Presidents do not have the power to start an investigation so why do people keep asking him about it.

If his AG opened it up, he wouldn't block it...pretty simple, but he is not going to personally order or target her.

People keep asking him because he kept saying during the campaign that he was going to pursue charges against her, and also said during the debates that if he was president, she'd be in jail.

 

[B. Kidd]

Why waste the energy/money on a Special Prosecutor since Comey stays put? Priorties come first, like moving our country in the right direction, even tho' the Hill-Beast deserves to be hung from a lamp-post.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Why waste the energy/money on a Special Prosecutor since Comey stays put? Priorties come first, like moving our country in the right direction, even tho' the Hill-Beast deserves to be hung from a lamp-post.

So, you think she should be hung from a lamp post, but you're cool with Trump letting her go?

 

[Alex.]

So fellow posters Trump hasn't ruled this investigation of Hillary Clinton off the table. Just that he believes it would be very divisive.

Now that we have the bullshit "broken promise" out of the way that the left has been chortling about I'd like a simple legal answer from someone who is qualified to answer the question "Did Trump ever have the power to prosecute Clinton?"

As far as I knew Trump only had the power to ask Congress to pursue investigations. Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

"Maggie Haberman ✔ @maggieNYT
Trump says "no" when asked if he is taking investigations off the table for Clintons but adds he doesn't want to "hurt the Clintons."

12:14 PM - 22 Nov 2016"

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/22/trump-on-prosecuting-clinton-i-think-it-would-be-very-very-divisive.html

No he does not have that power

 

[Tom Horn]

Sounds like more word salad from von ClownStick.
Maybe he should realize that imprisoning your political opponents after the election is just soooooo so banana republic.

Hey idiot.....she committed espionage, treason, and then obstruction of justice and perjury....she'll be jailed for her crimes not as a political opponent.

 

[jc456]

Presidents do not have the power to start an investigation so why do people keep asking him about it.

If his AG opened it up, he wouldn't block it...pretty simple, but he is not going to personally order or target her.

again people all he said was she'd be in jail. nothing more.

 

[Tom Horn]

Why waste the energy/money on a Special Prosecutor since Comey stays put? Priorties come first, like moving our country in the right direction, even tho' the Hill-Beast deserves to be hung from a lamp-post.

So, you think she should be hung from a lamp post, but you're cool with Trump letting her go?

Even a moron like you knows nobody has "let her go". Rudy would have run her up a flagpole in a noose....Sessions hasn't said what he'll do and he's the decider, not Trump.

 

[B. Kidd]

Why waste the energy/money on a Special Prosecutor since Comey stays put? Priorties come first, like moving our country in the right direction, even tho' the Hill-Beast deserves to be hung from a lamp-post.

So, you think she should be hung from a lamp post, but you're cool with Trump letting her go?

Yup. Priorities. Why spin wheels on the Hill-Beast when 8 years of Progressivism and PC bullshit needs to be thrashed? Smart, on his part.

 

[Tom Horn]

Why waste the energy/money on a Special Prosecutor since Comey stays put? Priorties come first, like moving our country in the right direction, even tho' the Hill-Beast deserves to be hung from a lamp-post.

So, you think she should be hung from a lamp post, but you're cool with Trump letting her go?

Yup. Prioities. Why spin wheels on the Hill-Beast when 8 years of Progressivism and PC bullshit needs to be thrashed? Smart, on his part.

Nowhere near the cutoff of statute of limitations, which keeps her in the jackpot....no hurry.

 

[2aguy]

So fellow posters Trump hasn't ruled this investigation of Hillary Clinton off the table. Just that he believes it would be very divisive.

Now that we have the bullshit "broken promise" out of the way that the left has been chortling about I'd like a simple legal answer from someone who is qualified to answer the question "Did Trump ever have the power to prosecute Clinton?"

As far as I knew Trump only had the power to ask Congress to pursue investigations. Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

"Maggie Haberman ✔ @maggieNYT
Trump says "no" when asked if he is taking investigations off the table for Clintons but adds he doesn't want to "hurt the Clintons."

12:14 PM - 22 Nov 2016"

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/22/trump-on-prosecuting-clinton-i-think-it-would-be-very-very-divisive.html

Sounds like more word salad from von ClownStick.
Maybe he should realize that imprisoning your political opponents after the election is just soooooo so banana republic.

Moron...do you always have to be an idiot....left wing socialist totalitarians jail "Innocent" political opponents.....people who have committed no crime and simply oppose the left wing socialist totalitarian.....

hilary clinton has committed real crimes....she broke the law, over and over again.....so putting together an actual case, with evidence and presenting it to a Grand Jury and taking her to court and finding her guilty is not putting a political opponent in jail...moron....

Do you left wingers ever act normal?

 

[Rexx Taylor]

I just cant picture Hillary on an actual table. but I can picture Huma pushing Hillary off the table landing on a few thumb tacs.

 

[william the wie]

It all comes back to her competence to stand trial, Comey heavily hinted she would not meet the legal standard of competence at the time the felonies were committed.

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

Tiny, here is the answer to your question. The presidency is the executive branch of government. One of it's constitutional responsibilities is the enforcement of law. As such, law enforcement agencies report to it - which includes the FBI and DOJ.

The president has the authority to fire and appoint members of the executive branch at will. Should the president desire a specific prosecution, he could order it. He need merely fire and replace personnel until the desired outcome was achieved.

In addition, there is NO constitutional prohibition against the president himself serving as prosecutor in a given trial. Like water, authority flows downhill. Indictments aren't even a legal requirement (grand jury). Charges can be filed by prosecutors directly via a preliminary hearing.

 

[miketx]

Sounds like more word salad from von ClownStick.
Maybe he should realize that imprisoning your political opponents after the election is just soooooo so banana republic.

Hey idiot.....she committed espionage, treason, and then obstruction of justice and perjury....she'll be jailed for her crimes not as a political opponent.

I've tried to tell them that, but you see, some of these "people" here are challenged.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The New York Times LIED! Really! I should grab my pearls and have vapors.

Of course they lied. That's what they do.

 

[tycho1572]

I know Trump has to be struggling with the problems Hillary created. While he doesn't want to hurt her, he also knows/suspects she did things that shouldn't go unpunished.

I suspect Trump will allow an honest investigation into what the Clinton' were doing. He knows we deserve the truth.