• Hillary Clinton mentioned on CNN Sunday that Trump must be investigated and tried like an everyday citizen.

• “If there’s proof, that proof must be pursued,” Clinton mentioned.

• Clinton on Wednesday mentioned that she additionally did not need to pre-judge the Mar-a-Lago investigation.

Because the investigation into labeled paperwork discovered at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence presses on, Hillary Clinton mentioned she believes her former political opponent must be held accountable for any unlawful actions — simply as every other citizen would.

Former President Trump is being investigated by the Division of Justice for taking labeled paperwork from his presidency to his residence in Mar-a-Lago. The investigation is wanting into whether or not Trump violated three legal guidelines — together with a portion of the Espionage Act — that might land him as much as 33 years behind bars if convicted.

“He is not the president, and we do have some particular exceptions for somebody really within the workplace. So, I do assume that, identical to any American, if there’s proof, that proof must be pursued,” Clinton mentioned on a Sunday episode of CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“But when the proof proves or appears to indicate that there are fees that must be leveled, then I feel the rule of legislation ought to apply to anybody,” Clinton advised CNN reporter Dana Bush Sunday.

The previous Secretary of State beforehand advised hosts of “The View” Wednesday that she did not need to “pre-judge” the investigation into Trump. She maintained, although, that “nobody is above the legislation.”

“I have been pre-judged — wrongly — sufficient, I am not gonna pre-judge someone else,” she mentioned on Wednesday. Clinton had as soon as been the topic of a State Division investigation wanting into her use of a personal e mail server throughout her time as Secretary of State — an argument that was outstanding through the 2016 Presidential election as she confronted off towards Trump. In 2019, the Division discovered “no persuasive proof of systemic, deliberate mishandling of labeled data.”

“Each as secretary of state and as a personal citizen, I’ve answered each query I’ve ever been requested. I’ve testified for eleven hours,” Clinton mentioned on Sunday. “I feel that is the way in which the system is meant to work.”

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