Donald Trump Wanted To Order Prosecution Of Hillary Clinton & James Comey In April
After threatening for months on the campaign trail in 2016 that he would see Hillary Clinton locked up if he won the presidency, Donald Trump seems to have made an attempt to do just that earlier this year, along with former FBI Director James Comey.
According to the New York Times, Trump told the White House counsel that he wanted to order the Justice Department to press charges against Clinton and Comey back in the spring already.
Lawyer Donald F. McGahn II, who was part of the conversation, pointed out to Trump that he “had no authority to order a prosecution” of the president political adversaries. McGahn told the president he could potentially order an investigation, but added that many would consider it to be an abuse of power to do so.
