Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton urged President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday evening to "forget about healing Hillary Clinton" and instead allow the conservative watchdog organization to continue its independent investigations into her actions while secretary of state.

"He needs to heal the Rule of Law and he needs to forget about healing Hillary Clinton," Fitton told Fox Business host Charles Payne. "He doesn't need to prosecute Hillary. He's not personally responsible for prosecuting anyone. He just needs to allow the Rule of Law to continue — to get back to regular order where the prosecution or frankly an investigation can take place free of political interference at the Justice Department. That's not happening now."

The leader of the watchdog group added that while Trump has walked back some of his comments since Monday, choosing not to look into Clinton would be "at odds" with promises he made to supporters throughout his campaign.

"It would be at odds with the promises to 'drain the swamp' that President-elect Trump made — promises that helped him win office," Fitton explained.

Fitton said Trump could have his nominee for attorney general, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, appoint a special prosecutor to oversee an investigation into whether corporations and foreign governments engaged in illegal or unethical activity through Clinton's time at State.

But Fitton appeared optimistic that Judicial Watch will be able to go forward with its own probe simply because a Republican administration will allow it the freedom to look into the matter.

"I have a feeling that the appointees in the Justice Department are more apt to let things proceed normally where you might see grand juries," Fitton added. "In the least, I hope the Trump administration stops the obstruction we're getting from the Obama gang at the State Department and Justice Department."