President-elect Donald Trump signaled Sunday that he would let bygones be bygones when it comes to the Biden White House, downplaying previous hints he’d sic prosecutors on his enemies once in office.
President-elect Donald Trump signaled Sunday that he would let bygones be bygones when it comes to the Biden White House, downplaying previous hints he’d sic prosecutors on his enemies once in office.
The Biden administration has reportedly been feverishly debating whether to issue blanket pardons for people who have presumably been in Trump’s crosshairs, including ex-COVID czar Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) of the House Jan. 6 committee and ex-special counsel Jack Smith.
Trump — referring to members of the House panel who were probing his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, rioting on Capitol Hill — told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” in the pretaped interview, “For what they did, honestly they should go to jail.”
But when asked if he’d direct his US attorney general and FBI director to go after them, he replied, “No, not at all.
“I think [the two law-enforcement agencies will] have to look at that. But I’m not going to [ask]. I’m going to focus on drill baby drill,” the prez-elect said, referring to efforts to expand US oil and gas production.
Trump had rattled many of his critics by initially choosing bombastic former Rep.
