Now, before you answer, hear me out.   If I was Donald Trump, I would go to Obama and say,

 

"Look, I know I said I wanted to lock her up, but frankly, I have better things to do right now, more urgent things that I want to do, and I do not want to tie the country up in knots and further our polarization by having my Attorney General, Rudy Giuliani, go after Mrs Clinton.  I have so many campaign promises, I just don't need the distraction.  So do me a big favor and go ahead and pardon her, so I can concentrate on my agenda.  I have a wall to build, Mexicans to deport, a big tax cut to get through Congress, a Supreme Court nomination, and on and on.   Pardon her, get this off my plate so I can get on with what I want to do."  

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