President Trump said he still could criminally investigate Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama or destroy their reputations, while signaling he would probably hold fire unless Democrats try to impeach him again.
In a Thursday interview with Newsmax host Rob Finnerty, Trump claimed he holds “a lot of information” on the three former officials and could still “do big numbers” on them if he chose. He framed the choice as one he has already declined once and may keep declining, unless Congress moves against him a third time.
The Hill reported that Trump tied any future action to the threat of another impeachment, telling Finnerty he “probably” would not go after the Clintons or Obama otherwise. The remarks arrived as his Justice Department has already pursued cases against several of his longtime political adversaries.
Trump made the point in plain terms when Finnerty pressed him on what “big numbers” meant.
"I could have done numbers on Hillary Clinton, I could have done numbers on Bill Clinton, I do like Bill Clinton,"
he said, before turning to the former president who followed him into office.
"I could have done numbers on Barack Hussein Obama, still could, I still could. I could do big numbers if I wanted to. I turned down going after Hillary Clinton."
Asked whether he would actually pursue them, Trump answered: “I guess not, probably not, but I think if they impeach me, again.” The interview left the door open without announcing any new charging decision.
The comments sit against a longer record of Justice Department actions under Trump’s return to office. Prosecutors have pursued New York Attorney General Letitia James after she won a civil suit against him while he was out of power. Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted twice, once last year, in a case a judge later dismissed over an unlawfully appointed prosecutor, and again in 2026.
A grand jury refused to indict six Democratic lawmakers who filmed a video telling members of the military not to follow illegal orders. The administration has also investigated Sen. Adam Schiff, former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and Fed board member Lisa Cook. Trump tried to fire Cook before the Supreme Court blocked him. Former national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty in June to illegally retaining sensitive documents.
Critics call the pattern a campaign against political enemies. Supporters call it overdue accountability after years in which Trump himself faced multiple indictments. The president’s latest remarks keep both the capability and the restraint on the table at once.
Separate reporting has already put former Obama officials and Clinton’s 2016 network under a federal grand jury examining whether they pushed false Trump-Russia ties. The New York Post reported that the Steele dossier was produced after Fusion GPS was hired by Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee, and that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s referral and declassified materials pointed to an Obama-led effort involving Clinton.
In that earlier Newsmax appearance, Trump said he had previously let Hillary Clinton “off the hook” over her private email server holding classified information, only to watch the same circle run what he called a hoax that “hurt a lot of people.” He argued those involved “should pay a price” now that the record exists “in black and white.”
Readers tracking Trump’s long legal fight with Hillary Clinton will recognize the same unresolved score-settling theme. The president presents the choice as leverage he still holds, not a promise he has already cashed.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered a federal prosecutor to present evidence to a grand jury on an alleged conspiracy to falsely link 2016 candidate Trump to Russian election meddling. Breitbart’s Alex Marlow called the move a sign of “new energy” in the cabinet for accountability that “heads don’t roll” for in earlier years, while still finding it “almost impossible to imagine” figures like Hillary Clinton facing indictment.
That gap between investigation and courtroom outcome is the live tension in Trump’s latest comments. He says the information exists. He says the option remains open. He also says he has already turned down one chance to go after Hillary Clinton and would “probably not” reverse course unless impeached again.
For an audience that has watched Hillary Clinton rank her 2016 loss alongside national traumas, the president’s willingness to keep the legal threat alive lands as unfinished business rather than a fresh crusade.
Clinton has drawn fresh conservative pushback in other recent episodes as well, including criticism over her Fort Hood remarks after older Gaddafi comments resurfaced. Trump’s interview did not dwell on those later controversies. It stayed on the older grievances he says he still could convert into criminal cases or public ruin.
Trump’s own words draw the boundary. He likes Bill Clinton. He turned down a run at Hillary once. He still claims he could “do big numbers” on Obama. And he ties any change of heart to the prospect of another impeachment fight.
That conditional posture matters. It casts the threat as defensive leverage more than an opening bid for new indictments. It also leaves Democrats to decide whether another impeachment push is worth the risk he just described on camera.
Party direction fights continue on the left, including moments when Hillary Clinton called Democrats’ leftward shift a “healthy experiment” and drew immediate conservative disbelief. Trump’s interview did not address that debate. It stayed fixed on the older cast of characters and the unfinished file he says he still controls.
The Justice Department’s recent docket, James, Comey, the six lawmakers, Schiff, Powell, Cook, Bolton, already shows what pursuit looks like when the administration decides a case is worth bringing. Trump’s Newsmax answers leave the Clintons and Obama in a different category for now: named, threatened, and still not charged, with the switch flipped only if impeachment returns.
Voters who wanted equal enforcement after years of one-sided lawfare just heard the president keep the option alive without promising to use it. That is leverage stated out loud, not a completed campaign.