Related Content NZ shares pick up after yesterday's losses Video Watch: Obama addresses Donald Trump Presidential win Shooting near Donald Trump protests in SeattleA dismissal of potential crimes that wide-reaching would leave a mark on Obama's reputation. Back in 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor to the White House, Richard Nixon. Clinton's husband's departure from the White House was overshadowed when he granted Marc Rich, a fugitive at the time, clemency on his last day in office. President-elect Donald Trump had vowed during the campaign for the White House that he'd appoint a "special prosecutor" to handle the investigation into Clinton and her private email server. He even told Clinton during a debate that if he were president, she'd "be in jail".

Source: New Zealand Herald November 10, 2016 05:02 UTC