Clinton on Trump’s Special Counsel Threat: ‘It’s Personally Offensive’ and ‘Such an Abuse of Power’

‘I regret deeply that this appears to be the politicization of the Justice Department and our justice system’

Clinton on Trump’s Special Counsel Threat: ‘It’s Personally Offensive’ and ‘Such an Abuse of Power’ (Mediaite)

Multiple reports over the past few days have asserted that President Donald Trump‘s administration is said to be considering the possibility of a special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton.

Speaking with Mother Jones Wednesday, Clinton, in her first public comments on those reports, went to town — blasting the Trump administration for what she views as dramatic judicial overreach.

“I regret deeply that this appears to be the politicization of the Justice Department and our justice system,” Clinton said. She added, “It’s personally offensive that they would do this.”

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