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Originally Posted by bobabode
"In an unprecedented threat during a presidential debate, Donald Trump promised that – if he was elected – he would instruct the Justice Department to investigate his rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
“I didn’t think I’d say this, but I’m going to say this, and I hate to say it, but if I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation,” Trump said. “There’s never been anything like it. And we’re going to get a special prosecutor.” WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...mepage%2Fstory
Wow. Welcome to dictatorship if Trump gets elected. |
This was red meat to his base, but again I wonder if the people NOT already in his camp will be well-impressed by this sort of threat, a threat that certainly crosses a line in the direction of subverting the law to punish a political rival.