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Trump Aide: President-elect Won't Pursue Investigation of Clinton

by Ken Bredemeier

   A key aide to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he has no
   intention of pursuing more investigations of Democrat Hillary Clinton's
   use of a private email server, despite his vow during their lengthy
   race for the White House to put her "in jail."

   Kellyanne Conway, now an adviser to Trump after serving as his campaign
   manager, told the MSNBC network that "he doesn't wish to pursue these
   charges."

   In months of campaign appearances, the Republican Trump attacked
   Clinton's handling of national security material in her emails while
   she served as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, with his cheering
   supporters shouting, "Lock her up!" as Trump beamed in approval. At one
   point, Trump said that if he were elected, he would name a special
   prosecutor to investigate her.

   In the interview, however, Conway said, "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."

   Clinton's use of the private email server based in her New York home
   played a central role in the campaign, with surveys showing that many
   voters doubted Clinton's explanations about the tens of thousands of
   emails she sent or received while she was the country's top diplomat
   and questioned her trustworthiness and honesty.

   Campaign 2016 Clinton Emails: FILE - In this March 12, 2012, file
   photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton checks her mobile phone
   after her address to the Security Council at United Nations
   headquarters. In a rare step, the FBI on Friday, Sept. 2,

   Clinton said she used the unsecured private email server on a single
   mobile device, rather than a more secure government server, for her
   convenience. Clinton said it was a mistake, but that she had not
   knowingly sent or received classified material in the emails.

   FBI investigation
   The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a lengthy
   investigation and found some classified material in the emails, but
   concluded in July that while Clinton was "extremely careless," no
   criminal charges were warranted. Trump continued to attack Clinton's
   handling of the national security documents.

   Then, 11 days before the November 8 election, FBI chief James Comey
   announced that investigators were taking a new look at Clinton's emails
   after several 100,000 were found on the computer of the estranged
   husband of a key Clinton aide, Huma Abedin. Nine days later, however,
   just two days ahead of the election, Comey announced that investigators
   found nothing new, with many of the emails duplicates of the ones it
   had looked at months before.

   FILE - Top Clinton aide Huma Abedin walks ahead of Democratic
   presidential candidate Hillary Clinton following a private meeting with
   Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., June 10, 2016, at Clinton's home in
   Washington.

   Election failure
   After Trump's stunning upset win over Clinton, she and many Democrats
   blamed Comey's unexpected announcement reopening the FBI's email
   investigation as playing a key role in her defeat, ahead of a nine-day
   period in which millions of Americans cast ballots in early-voting
   states.

   U.S. political analysts, however, say Clinton's failure to connect with
   white, working class voters in the country's industrial heartland
   played a more prominent role in the outcome. She lost several states
   that President Barack Obama claimed in both of his successful campaigns
   for the presidency.

   Trump assumes power January 20 as Obama leaves office.