Posted on 08/14/2017 10:43:39 AM PDT by jazusamo
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump may soon issue a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the colorful former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty two weeks ago of criminal contempt for defying a state judge’s order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants. In his final years as Maricopa County sheriff, Arpaio had emerged as a leading opponent of illegal immigration.
“I am seriously considering a pardon for Sheriff Arpaio,” the president said Sunday, during a conversation with Fox News at his club in Bedminster, N.J. “He has done a lot in the fight against illegal immigration. He’s a great American patriot and I hate to see what has happened to him.”
Trump said the pardon could happen in the next few days, should he decide to do so.
Arpaio, 85, was convicted by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton of misdemeanor contempt of court for willfully disregarding an Arizona judge’s order in 2011 to stop the anti-immigrant traffic patrols. Arpaio had maintained the law enforcement patrols for 17 months thereafter.
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Wouldn’t it be nice if the Governor, had the case tossed out, at the request of the President, thereby not needing a pardon, then as the judge is a political appointee, remove and replace, as is the presidents choice for a republican appointee. Then, in an advisory role, request Joe to help with the border problem.
1 2 3 in your face, not political as the governor did the work, and its not retaliatory to replace the offending judge, nothing personal...but, JMO
You are welcome! Holding Sheriff Arpaio in the light!
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