--- title: Donald Trump Won't Investigate Hillary Clinton: Adviser description: Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday that the president-elect will not pursue an investigation against Hillary Clinton canonical: https://time.com/4579773/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-22T14:34:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:08.189Z article:section: Politics og:title: Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump Won't Pursue Hillary Clinton Email Investigation og:description: "If Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that's a good thing" og:url: https://time.com/4579773/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba98a7cee95fa72a/6988af62cd1bbabb577032f3/trump-clinton-investigation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEBATE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump Won't Pursue Hillary Clinton Email Investigation twitter:description: "If Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that's a good thing" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba98a7cee95fa72a/6988af62cd1bbabb577032f3/trump-clinton-investigation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump Won't Pursue Hillary Clinton Email Investigation > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump promised at the presidential debate Sunday night that, if elected, he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server_  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 22, 2016 2:34 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shake hands after the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 9, 2016. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shake hands after the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 9, 2016. Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 22, 2016 2:34 PM UTC Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he [will not pursue an investigation](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/conway-trump-media-have-to-share-joint-custody-of-the-nation-815105091621) against Hillary Clinton, walking back one of his [controversial campaign promises](http://time.com/4524459/presidential-debate-donald-trump-special-prosecutor/). “I think when the president-elect, who’s also the head of your party now, Joe, tells you before he’s even inaugurated he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message—tone and content—to the members,” Conway said in an [interview on MSNBC’s _Morning Joe_](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/conway-trump-media-have-to-share-joint-custody-of-the-nation-815105091621). “And I think Hillary Clinton still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy, but if Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that’s a good thing.” During one of the presidential debates, Trump promised that, if elected, he would [appoint a special prosecutor](http://time.com/4524459/presidential-debate-donald-trump-special-prosecutor/) to investigate Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state. “If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there has never been so many lies, so much deception,” he said at the time. The U.S. Department of Justice announced in July that it would not prosecute Clinton or her aides over their use of the server. In the same month, FBI Director James Comey [recommended that no criminal charges](http://time.com/4393271/james-comey-fbi-hillary-clinton-email/) be brought against Clinton, after an investigation into the server revealed no evidence of criminal behavior. While campaigning, Trump [accused](http://time.com/4462315/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-special-prosecutor/) both institutions of being biased in favor of Clinton. But Conway said he has no plans to further pursue that charge. “I think he’s thinking of many different things as he prepares to become the president of the United States, and things that sound like the campaign aren’t among them,” she said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4579773/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4579773/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation/"},"headline":"Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump Won't Pursue Hillary Clinton Email Investigation","datePublished":"2016-11-22T14:34:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:42:08.189Z","description":"\"If Donald Trump can help her heal, then perhaps that's a good thing\"","url":"https://time.com/4579773/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba98a7cee95fa72a/6988af62cd1bbabb577032f3/trump-clinton-investigation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba98a7cee95fa72a/6988af62cd1bbabb577032f3/trump-clinton-investigation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEBATE","caption":"Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shake hands after the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 9, 2016.","creditText":"Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4579773/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation/","name":"Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump Won't Pursue Hillary Clinton Email Investigation"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Donald Trump Calls Hillary Clinton the Devil and Threatens to Prosecute Her","description":"Donald Trump promised at the presidential debate Sunday night that, if elected, he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/yBVSICio/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-10T01:52:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yBVSICio.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4579773/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation/","duration":"PT1M26S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4579773/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```