Bill and Hillary Clinton to attend Trump Inauguration
Bill and Hillary Clinton will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration later this month, aides to the former president and secretary of state said Tuesday.
The Clintons will attend the Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington, the aides said.
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has largely avoided the public eye since Trump’s Nov. 8 victory after a bruising campaign.
The Clintons will join former Republican President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush at the inauguration.
In addition, former Democratic President Jimmy Carter has said that he will attend Trump’s swearing-in.
New York Magazine reported Tuesday that Hillary Clinton discussed whether to attend Trump’s inaugural with “trusted advisers and friends” over “the past few weeks.”
The Clintons, the sources said, elected to attend “out of a sense of duty and respect for the American democratic process,” the magazine reports.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.