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| Conservative backlash over Trump's 'jail Clinton' U-turn | Conservative backlash over Trump's 'jail Clinton' U-turn |
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| Donald Trump supporters are lashing out at the president-elect for backing down from prosecuting Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server. | Donald Trump supporters are lashing out at the president-elect for backing down from prosecuting Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server. |
| His team said he would not keep his campaign pledge to try to have her jailed, and Mr Trump later said it would be too divisive to go ahead with. | His team said he would not keep his campaign pledge to try to have her jailed, and Mr Trump later said it would be too divisive to go ahead with. |
| The FBI cleared her of any criminality but chants of "lock her up" became a rallying cry at his campaign events. | The FBI cleared her of any criminality but chants of "lock her up" became a rallying cry at his campaign events. |
| Conservatives seized on the news as a "betrayal" and a "broken promise". | Conservatives seized on the news as a "betrayal" and a "broken promise". |
| Redstate.com said that a failure to appoint a special prosecutor, as he promised, would reveal the "very real fact that the candidate is not who he claimed to be". | Redstate.com said that a failure to appoint a special prosecutor, as he promised, would reveal the "very real fact that the candidate is not who he claimed to be". |
| The right-wing Breitbart News Network, one of the Manhattan billionaire's most loyal supporters, denounced the climb-down as a "broken promise". | The right-wing Breitbart News Network, one of the Manhattan billionaire's most loyal supporters, denounced the climb-down as a "broken promise". |
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| The city where Trump hates being hated | |
| Conservative commentator Ann Coulter tweeted her reaction to the news, saying: "Whoa! I thought we elected @realDonaldTrump president. Did we make him the FBI, & DOJ? His job is pick those guys, not do their jobs." | |
| She later followed up to say that: "No president shld be blocking investigators from doing their jobs. #EqualUnderLaw" | She later followed up to say that: "No president shld be blocking investigators from doing their jobs. #EqualUnderLaw" |
| The right-leaning legal organisation Judicial Watch said it was "a betrayal of his promise to the American people to 'drain the swamp' of out-of-control corruption in Washington". | The right-leaning legal organisation Judicial Watch said it was "a betrayal of his promise to the American people to 'drain the swamp' of out-of-control corruption in Washington". |
| Reality check: Jon Sopel, BBC News North America Editor | Reality check: Jon Sopel, BBC News North America Editor |
| Remember crooked Hillary? The most corrupt politician ever, whose email scandal would be as big - if not bigger - than Watergate? | Remember crooked Hillary? The most corrupt politician ever, whose email scandal would be as big - if not bigger - than Watergate? |
| The butt of all those full-throated chants at Trump rallies, "lock her up, lock her up"? | The butt of all those full-throated chants at Trump rallies, "lock her up, lock her up"? |
| And who could forget the memorable exchange in the second presidential debate, when Donald Trump promised to appoint a special prosecutor. | And who could forget the memorable exchange in the second presidential debate, when Donald Trump promised to appoint a special prosecutor. |
| But now all that is gone, just some overheated campaign rhetoric that is being shelved, if you listen to his spokeswoman, Kellyanne Conway and close confidante, Rudy Giuliani. | But now all that is gone, just some overheated campaign rhetoric that is being shelved, if you listen to his spokeswoman, Kellyanne Conway and close confidante, Rudy Giuliani. |
| This is part reality check: there is so much to do in the first 100 days, do you want to be bogged down in something as controversial as this? | This is part reality check: there is so much to do in the first 100 days, do you want to be bogged down in something as controversial as this? |
| And it's partly that the job's been done - if the language during the campaign was about discrediting Hillary Clinton in the eyes of enough of the electorate to get Mr Trump elected, then - well - it's mission accomplished. | And it's partly that the job's been done - if the language during the campaign was about discrediting Hillary Clinton in the eyes of enough of the electorate to get Mr Trump elected, then - well - it's mission accomplished. |
| During the campaign, he repeatedly vowed to launch new prosecutions against his "crooked" opponent, whom he described as the most corrupt candidate in history. | During the campaign, he repeatedly vowed to launch new prosecutions against his "crooked" opponent, whom he described as the most corrupt candidate in history. |
| The first signs since the election that he was not so full-throated in his conviction came in an interview a week ago in which he said the Clintons were "good people". | |
| Then on Tuesday morning, his spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway said there would be no further investigation into Mrs Clinton's emails, in order to help her "heal". | |
| A few hours later, Mr Trump told the New York Times that a fresh inquiry was not off the table but unlikely because it would be divisive. | |
| "I want to move forward," he said. "I don't want to move back. I don't want to hurt the Clintons, I really don't." | |
| Mrs Clinton had a private email server while secretary of state, actions the FBI said were careless but not criminal. | Mrs Clinton had a private email server while secretary of state, actions the FBI said were careless but not criminal. |
| In the same New York Times interview, Mr Trump distanced himself from white nationalists who performed Nazi salutes at a conference in Washington. | In the same New York Times interview, Mr Trump distanced himself from white nationalists who performed Nazi salutes at a conference in Washington. |
| He also said: | He also said: |
| Mr Trump took a break from assembling his new administration, to fly to Florida on Tuesday evening for Thanksgiving. | Mr Trump took a break from assembling his new administration, to fly to Florida on Tuesday evening for Thanksgiving. |
| He will be inaugurated on 20 January. | He will be inaugurated on 20 January. |
| More on Trump preparing for White House | More on Trump preparing for White House |
| The people around Donald Trump | The people around Donald Trump |
| The city where Trump hates being hated | The city where Trump hates being hated |
| Can Donald Trump get what he wants? | Can Donald Trump get what he wants? |
| The Trump resistance movement builds | The Trump resistance movement builds |