{"id":2262085,"date":"2024-06-07T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-no-and-then-maybe-on-pursuing-revenge-prosecutions-if-elected\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T09:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:51:30","slug":"trump-says-no-and-then-maybe-on-pursuing-revenge-prosecutions-if-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-no-and-then-maybe-on-pursuing-revenge-prosecutions-if-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump initially rejects, then considers pursuing revenge prosecutions if re-elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-no-and-then-maybe-on-pursuing-revenge-prosecutions-if-elected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262085&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President \u200cDonald Trump has hinted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mike-lee-endorses-trump-out-of-binary-choice\/\" title=\"Sen. Mike Lee supports Trump due to limited options\">targeting political adversaries<\/a> while acknowledging the inappropriateness of\u2062 such actions. Following his conviction, he criticized the Department of Justice and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-charged-after-human-trafficking-bust-in-chicago-area\/\" title=\"5 Arrested in Chicago Area Human Trafficking Operation\">law enforcement \u2062agencies<\/a>. Trump has fluctuated in\u200b his stance on pursuing\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">political opponents<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-expresses-no-regrets-over-covid-policies-jan-6-speech\/\" title=\"Trump stands firm on COVID policies and Jan. 6 speech, shows no remorse.\">expressing uncertainty<\/a> about its\u2063 justification.\u2064 Former President Donald Trump has suggested \u200dtargeting political adversaries while recognizing the inappropriateness of such actions. \u200bAfter his conviction, he\u2064 criticized the Department of Justice and law enforcement \u2064agencies. Trump&#8217;s position on pursuing political opponents has been inconsistent, with expressions of uncertainty \u2063regarding its justification.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has escalated suggestions that he would go after political opponents while also saying the action would not be appropriate. <\/p>\n<p>Following Trump\u2019s conviction, he has been vocal about his distaste for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Department of Justice<\/a> and other <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"law enforcement\">law enforcement<\/a> agencies. Still, he has flip-flopped on whether he believes going after political opponents would be justifiable. <\/p>\n<p>While speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News on Wednesday, Trump suggested he would not seek retribution via prosecution. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has to stop because otherwise, we\u2019re not going to have a country. \u2026 I would have every right to go after them, and it\u2019s easy,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-retribution-revenge-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump also backtracked statements he made during the 2016 presidential election, in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/06\/04\/trump-hillary-clinton-lock-her-up-fact-check\/73962711007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he called for<\/a> his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to be \u201clocked up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWouldn\u2019t it be terrible if I locked up the wife of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> of the United States \u2014 former \u2014 and locked up the former secretary of state?\u201d Trump asked, referring to Clinton. \u201cIt\u2019s a terrible thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Dr. Phil shortly following his interview with Hannity, Trump switched his tune and said that \u201csometimes,\u201d revenge is justified. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Phil prompted Trump by saying, \u201cEnough is enough. Too much is too much. This is a race to the bottom, and it stops here. It stops now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump initially responded, \u201cI\u2019m OK with that,\u201d and added, \u201cSometimes, I\u2019m sure in certain moments I wouldn\u2019t be, you know, when you go through what I\u2019ve been through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Dr. Phil asked if retribution was unhealthy for the country, Trump took back his statements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRevenge does take time. I will say that. And sometimes, revenge can be justified. Phil, I have to be honest \u2014 sometimes, it can,\u201d the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly falsely claimed he was criminally prosecuted in New York by the Biden administration. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump has hinted at targeting political adversaries, although he deems it inappropriate. 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