President Trump told Newsmax he still could pursue the Clintons and Barack Obama criminally or destroy their reputations, yet he says he probably will not unless Democrats impeach him again.
President Donald Trump said in a Thursday interview that he holds substantial material on former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and former President Barack Obama, and that he remains free to act on it. He described the option in plain terms while speaking with Newsmax host Rob Finnerty, then pulled back when pressed on whether he would actually move.
The Hill reported the exchange and the surrounding record of Justice Department cases involving figures who previously tangled with Trump.
Trump framed the choice as one he has already declined once. He said he could still “do big numbers” if he wanted, then defined that phrase when Finnerty asked.
"I could have done numbers on Hillary Clinton, I could have done numbers on Bill Clinton, I do like Bill Clinton,"
Trump continued in the same stretch of the interview.
"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."
He made clear what “big numbers” meant: he could go after them criminally or destroy their reputations. The claim rests on his assertion that he possesses “a lot of information” on the three. He offered no statutes, charging theories, or document list in the portions quoted.
Finnerty pressed him on whether he would actually pursue the former officials. Trump’s answer mixed refusal with a condition.
"I guess not, probably not, but I think if they impeach me, again,"
The reference is to a possible third impeachment. Trump cast any future move as a response to renewed Democratic action against him rather than an opening bid. That posture matches earlier comments in which Trump said he held back from targeting Clinton, Biden, and Obama when he first had the chance.
No new criminal case against the Clintons or Obama appears in the reporting. The statements remain a public warning about capacity and leverage, not a filed indictment or referral.
The same account places the interview against a longer list of Justice Department actions involving people Trump has long called political adversaries. New York Attorney General Letitia James won a civil suit against Trump while he was out of office; the Justice Department later pursued charges against her. Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted twice, once the prior year and again in 2026. A judge dismissed the first indictment after ruling the prosecutor had been unlawfully appointed.
Prosecutors also sought charges against six Democratic lawmakers who filmed a video telling members of the military not to follow illegal orders. A grand jury refused to indict. The administration has investigated Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and Fed board member Lisa Cook. Trump tried to remove Cook; the Supreme Court blocked the firing. Former national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty in June to illegally retaining sensitive documents and was successfully prosecuted.
Critics call the pattern a campaign against perceived opponents. The cases themselves are a matter of public record: civil judgments, indictments, a grand-jury rejection, a Supreme Court order, and a guilty plea. Trump’s Newsmax remarks sit on top of that docket rather than replacing it.
Trump’s decision to name Obama and both Clintons keeps the focus on the prior Democratic administrations that spent years investigating him. Obama remains an active public figure, whether backing Senate candidates or making other high-profile appearances. The interview does not spell out fresh evidence; it simply asserts that the information already in Trump’s possession is enough to support either criminal process or sustained public exposure.
Bill Clinton received a softer personal note, “I do like Bill Clinton”, even as Trump grouped him with the others as someone he could have “done numbers on.” Hillary Clinton was the one Trump said he previously declined to pursue. The contrast is deliberate: capacity claimed, action withheld, and a clear trigger named if Democrats reach for impeachment a third time.
Past policy fights still echo. Families of 9/11 victims have continued to press accountability questions that track back to earlier executive decisions, including the long shadow of Obama’s JASTA veto. Trump’s latest comments do not reopen those files in court; they signal he believes he could.
The reporting supplies no absolute calendar date beyond “Thursday” relative to the Oct. 16, 2026 publication, no interview location, and no full transcript. It does not itemize the “lot of information” Trump claims to hold. It does not identify specific criminal statutes. Those gaps belong to the source account itself.
What the interview does establish is the sequence Trump wants on the record: he could act against the Clintons and Obama, he has declined to do so before, he currently intends not to, and he links any change of mind to another impeachment drive. In a capital that spent years watching investigations aimed at him, that is a boundary drawn in public.
Obama’s calendar still fills with ceremonial and political stops, from sports events at his presidential center to personal family notes such as the death of the family dog Sunny. Trump’s warning treats the former president as a continuing political actor, not a retired one.
Voters who watched years of lawfare can judge the difference between a president who lists options and one who files charges. Trump put both the capability and the restraint on camera, then tied the next move to whether Democrats try to remove him again.