The U.S. president-elect says he is not looking to have Hillary Clinton's email scandal investigated again.
Donald Trump consistently raised the issue during his campaign, saying she should go to jail for putting national security at risk.
But he has now told the New York Times that he does not want to "hurt the Clintons".
During the interview, Mr Trump also said he would "keep an open mind" about whether to pull the US out of the Paris Accord on climate change.
He had campaigned to withdraw the US from the international agreement.