Donald Trump today bragged to the New York Times that nothing is stopping him from using the power of the presidency to enrich himself and his family’s empire. “The law’s totally on my side. The president can’t have a conflict of interest.”
Trump Foundation acknowledges it broke the law — at least twice.
COULD HE PARDON HIMSELF?
But ….
Washington Post sent a news alert to a friend:
“President-elect Donald Trump has decided that his administration will not pursue criminal investigations related to former rival Hillary Clinton’s private email server or her family foundation, his campaign manager said Tuesday. ”
While on Morning Joe,
Kellyanne Conway “I think when the president-elect who’s also the head of your party … tells you before he’s even inaugurated he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message, tone and content, to the members, who first reported that the president-elect would not pursue his campaign pledge to “lock up” Clinton, his Democratic opponent. 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 continued: “I think Hillary Clinton still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy, but if Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that’s a good thing.”