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Do you believe Trump will go after Hillary Clinton?

Do you believe Trump will go after Hillary Clinton?

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I voted "NO" in the poll with one significant reservation... I can change my mind on a whim. Having just observed the cost effective and brilliant strategy of Team Trump, I now attempt to do as they do and switch my Modus operandi from a hybrid knowledge and ideological based decision making model to a Machiavellian pragmatic calculus and "Ends justify the means" strategy. Congratulations to Team Trump and their supporters. Let's hope you have insight beyond my comprehension!
 
Mycroft said:
No. We haven't done this. Ever.
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Mycroft: where have you been? She has already endured numerous investigations. How many more would you want to go through?
 
Bob N said:
They have already done this to her numerous times and have not found anything on her. How would you like to put up with that?
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They being Obama's DOJ? ;)

Nope, not even a smidgeon of improper handling of classified or public records data was ever detected. ;)
 
ObamacareFail said:
Just losing the office that she has been planning and scheming to win her entire adult life is more punishment then any prison sentence in her mind. However the Clinton's have no intention of riding off into the sunset. They are grooming daughter Chelsea for a congressional seat in their district that will be vacated when the present occupant retires. They have even bought a house next door to their own for Chelsea to move into to gain residency status for a run for that seat. The Clintons will never end their corrupt political dynasty willingly.
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I understand they are going to give it one last gasp. Given where they've selected, there is a chance their prodigy may have a shot.

However, her association with their money laundering operation may prove an issue. I suppose that depends on what may come down the pipe as investigations continue into that operation.

As to Hillary though, obscurity would be the worst sentence. One I hope she is allowed to succeed at.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
They being Obama's DOJ? ;)

Nope, not even a smidgeon of improper handling of classified or public records data was ever detected. ;)
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No indictments after Trump becomes President. :shrug:
 
Bob N said:
No indictments after Trump becomes President. :shrug:
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No Hillary pardon after Obama leaves office.

No Hillary indictment until after Trump gets his cabinet and POTUS picks confirmed. ;)
 
This will come down to the House committees. I suspect the first thing they will do is petition the 650,000 emails the FBI pulled off of Weiners laptop. They will then hold hearings with accerss to the evidence that HRC and her team has lied about and blocked for 4 years. She will probably refuse to testify and plead the 5th. The house will issue a bunch of scathing reports and commentaries and it will probably die a slow death. The decision to go after her will be that of the attorney general. Its not likely.

None of that answers the question "Should Hillary Clinton be held accountable like any other federal employee is?" If THAT is the question then there is no doubt as to the answer. Yes...and that would put her in federal prison for 3-5 years or so. She has lied under oath. She has absolutely and knowingly sent and received classified (to Top Secret) data on a unclassified server and she is absolutely guilty of holding classified date in unsecure environments and sharing with uncleared people. If this were any other federal employee this wouldnt even be a question.
 
joG said:
You mean, he'll have her nailed to the cross during his next campaign? That would be, when he might need some extra hot air to superinflate his balloon.
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i don't see a way that this benefits him, so no.
 
ObamacareFail said:
Actually it will not be up to Trump to decide whether Hillary is prosecuted. It will be up to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He is very much law and order. He will likely go after her unless Obama pardons her on the way out the door.
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he'll do whatever Trump tells him to do. that's why he was appointed. of course, it's possible that Trump will tell Sessions to prosecute Clinton while telling the public that he doesn't care. i tend to doubt it, though. i don't see the angle in it for Trump.
 
Helix said:
i don't see a way that this benefits him, so no.
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You don’t? !? You won't make a good politician. But then, Clinton didn't understand, what he hit her with either.
 
jamesrage said:
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I would say that depends on whatever he has for breakfast on any particular day.
 
Bob N said:
Mycroft: where have you been? She has already endured numerous investigations. How many more would you want to go through?
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Just one.

One in which she doesn't receive any special treatment because of her "position" or her "connections". One in which there is no tactics...delaying, denying, hiding, lying. One in which those responsible for investigation or bringing charges are not trying to protect her.

You know...the same kind of thing that every other citizen is subject to.
 
Mycroft said:
Just one.

One in which she doesn't receive any special treatment because of her "position" or her "connections". One in which there is no tactics...delaying, denying, hiding, lying. One in which those responsible for investigation or bringing charges are not trying to protect her.

You know...the same kind of thing that every other citizen is subject to.
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My prognostication? No indictments before or after Trump becomes President. If it does happen she'll be cleared.
 
joG said:
You don’t? !? You won't make a good politician. But then, Clinton didn't understand, what he hit her with either.
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i'm not running for anything, but here's what i think happened.

1. Trump used the prospect of throwing Hillary in jail to fire up pissed off right wingers who have been spoon fed "Hillary is a Joker-esque super criminal" infotainment by the right wing media for the past couple decades.
2. they voted for him in droves.
3. now he's president. prosecuting her looks like third world regime revenge. i doubt that he'll do it, because it doesn't do him any good.

that's how i see it at this point, anyway. as for putting it on the back burner and then prosecuting her during the next election? that makes no sense. right now, the benefit is in not prosecuting her in the spirit of his new "unity" mask.
 
ObamacareFail said:
Actually it's Hillary's addiction to corrupt behavior added to Obama failing to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Hillary's scandals. It was the Benghazi scandal that led to the discovery of Hillary doing government business on a private email server. And it was the investigation of the email server that led to the discovery of the Clinton Foundation scandal. Congress was just doing it's job while the Obama administration was circling the wagons to protect her. The Clinton's have been one steady stream of scandals from their political beginnings in Arkansas through their eight years in the white house, and did not stop while Hillary was serving as Senator or Secretary of State.
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Get over it. Its been investigated to death already and the dead horse has even been kicked a few times after that.
 
Helix said:
i'm not running for anything, but here's what i think happened.

1. Trump used the prospect of throwing Hillary in jail to fire up pissed off right wingers who have been spoon fed "Hillary is a Joker-esque super criminal" infotainment by the right wing media for the past couple decades.
2. they voted for him in droves.
3. now he's president. prosecuting her looks like third world regime revenge. i doubt that he'll do it, because it doesn't do him any good.

that's how i see it at this point, anyway. as for putting it on the back burner and then prosecuting her during the next election? that makes no sense. right now, the benefit is in not prosecuting her in the spirit of his new "unity" mask.
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Actually, prosecution would follow investigation. It would also be transparent. There is no reason for revenge. There is a lot of reason to show that nobody is above the law and that the Executive has returned to rule of law.
 
Cardinal said:
I would say that depends on whatever he has for breakfast on any particular day.
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You mean on the day he happens to think of her?
 
Bob N said:
I say he doesn't and Hillary will go about her business.
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Well...it looks like the donations to the Clinton Foundation have dropped significantly since she lost her bid for the White House. She has no more influence to sell. Perhaps she hopes to keep the foundation open long enough to get Chelsea into office. Then she can start up the pay for access plan again.
 
joG said:
Actually, prosecution would follow investigation. It would also be transparent. There is no reason for revenge. There is a lot of reason to show that nobody is above the law and that the Executive has returned to rule of law.
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the question was if i believe that he will go after Clinton. the answer is probably not unless he needs it for his own personal benefit. right now, he doesn't.
 
jamesrage said:
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No, it would do him no good. Going after Hillary would look vengeful to most of the American public. Hillary lost, he political days are over. It wouldn't accomplish anything. Creating the firestorm that would occur would also bring most of his agenda to a screeching halt and turn more Americans against him. There are plenty of them now, no need to add more.
 
Bob N said:
Mycroft: where have you been? She has already endured numerous investigations. How many more would you want to go through?
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The difference is that with the Whitehouse and both houses of congress in republican hands as of January 20, 2017, her only hope of avoiding prosecution is a pardon by "Hussein" on the way out the door.
 
ocean515 said:
I understand they are going to give it one last gasp. Given where they've selected, there is a chance their prodigy may have a shot.

However, her association with their money laundering operation may prove an issue. I suppose that depends on what may come down the pipe as investigations continue into that operation.

As to Hillary though, obscurity would be the worst sentence. One I hope she is allowed to succeed at.
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True. Chelsea simply will not start out with a clean slate. She is as tied to the Clinton Foundation as her mom and dad. If Hillary was smart, she would seek and appreciate obscurity and start worrying more about her obviously poor health then politics. She was not healthy enough to serve as secretary of state, much less run for president.
 
I voted no.

Not only is it beyond the president's role to 'go after' someone, it's a law enforcement issue, so DOJ and / or FBI.
Congress, on the other hand, it likely to continue on the email, Clinton Foundation, Cover-up and campaign dirty tricks fronts.
 
Helix said:
he'll do whatever Trump tells him to do. that's why he was appointed. of course, it's possible that Trump will tell Sessions to prosecute Clinton while telling the public that he doesn't care. i tend to doubt it, though. i don't see the angle in it for Trump.
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Considering the fact that Sessions is my Senator and from my home town, and that I have met him, I am probably in a better position to suggest what he will or will not do then you are. He was also the state attorney General for Alabama. If Hillary is not pardoned by Obama, chances are, he will pursue prosecution, whether or not Trump favors it. It is really up to him.
 
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