Trump's softening on Clinton riles GOP base

Source: Washington Examiner | November 22, 2016 | Nicole Duran

Republicans, including some of President-elect Trump’s most ardent supporters, were left disappointed Tuesdasy after Trump indicated he will not appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email and a private server while serving as secretary of state.

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham tweeted: “Well, he’s not even president yet, but it looks like @realDonaldTrump already pardoned a turkey for Thanksgiving.”

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Conservative commentator Ann Coulter tweeted: “As happy as I am that our long national nightmare’s over, NO president shld be blocking investigators from doing their jobs.”

Tom Fitton, the president of the conservative legal group Judicial Watch, said, “If Mr. Trump’s appointees continue the Obama administration’s politicized spiking of a criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton, it would be a betrayal of his promise to the American people to ‘drain the swamp’ of out-of-control corruption in Washington, D.C.”

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