If Trump Appoints Petraeus as Secretary of State It Would Explain Why He Isn't Investigating Hillary

It appears that President-Elect Donald Trump is now considering General David Petraeus to become his Secretary of State.


There is no question as to Petraeus' qualifications for the position. But should Trump appoint Petraeus it would go a long way to explain his decision last week not to pursue any further investigation against Hillary Clinton with regard to her e-mails. You will recall that Trump told Hillary to her face during the second presidential debate that he planned to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate her.


Indeed, it would look bad if Trump were to appoint Petraeus and then turn around appoint a special prosecutor against Hillary. After all, Petraeus is under two years probation for passing classified information to Paula Broadwell, his biographer turned mistress forcing him to resign as head of the CIA in November 2012.


I do think this is the case of apples and oranges. After all, Petraeus was held accountable and will finish paying his debt to society in April. Hillary has never been held responsible for her actions with regard to her e-mails (nor anything else) and Trump is seeing to it.


Yet given that Trump is prepared to appoint Petraeus before he has fully paid his debt does make his criticisms of Hillary's conduct hollow. Oh well, politics as usual.