Long after Donald Trump said he would keep America “in suspense” about whether he would accept the presidential election results,  the president-elect is now keeping America wondering by showing off a range of job candidates and well-wishers as he puts together his administration, reports Politico.

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President-elect Donald Trump will be embarking on a “victory tour” to the states he carried, a campaign aide told reporters Thursday, reports Politico.

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Although he says “Secretary Clinton has not been legally accused, indicted, tried or convicted of anything,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson nevertheless says President Obama should preemptively pardon Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for any crimes she may have committed, reports The Hill.

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