{"id":113565,"date":"2017-08-23T03:51:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=113565"},"modified":"2017-08-23T03:51:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:51:36","slug":"trump-again-signals-hell-pardon-joe-arpaio-but-not-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/23\/trump-again-signals-hell-pardon-joe-arpaio-but-not-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump again signals he’ll pardon Joe Arpaio but not yet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday again signalled his willingness to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge’s order in an immigration case. (Photo By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Joe Arpaio, CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PHOENIX \u2014 President Donald Trump on Tuesday again signalled his willingness to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge’s order in an immigration case. But he told a downtown rally of supporters that he wouldn’t do it quite yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo was Sheriff Joe was convicted for doing his job?\u201d Trump asked. \u201cI’ll make a prediction. I think he’s going to be just fine, OK\u201d<\/p>\n

The president said he \u201cwon’t do it tonight\u201d because he doesn’t want to cause controversy.<\/p>\n

Trump had said eight days ago that he was considering a pardon of Arpaio’s misdemeanour contempt of court conviction for intentionally defying a judge’s order to stop his traffic patrols that targeted immigrants.<\/p>\n

Longtime critics of the retired sheriff say a pardon would remove the last chance at holding Arpaio legally accountable for a long history of misconduct during his 24 years as metro Phoenix’s top law enforcer. They cited a racial profiling verdict against the sheriff’s office, allegations that Arpaio retaliated against his political foes and other alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n

Before the rally, a White House spokeswoman said a pardon wouldn’t be issued Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Arpaio said he wasn’t disappointed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no,\u201d Arpaio said earlier in the day. \u201cThey just decided not to do it tonight. We’ll have to see if and when it occurs in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arpaio said he wasn’t expecting a pardon so soon. \u201cI believe his comments, made a little over a week ago, didn’t have any bearing about this rally tonight,\u201d Arpaio said.<\/p>\n

Trump and Arpaio became linked during the 2016 campaign for their like-minded views on immigration. Both politicians also have questioned the authenticity of then-President Barack Obama’s birth certificate and have a similar history in sparring with judges.<\/p>\n

Arpaio’s violation of the 2011 court order is believed to have contributed to his 2016 loss to little-known retired Phoenix police Sgt. Paul Penzone.<\/p>\n

As it now stands, Arpaio is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5. The 85-year-old faces up to six months in jail, though attorneys who have followed the case doubt someone his age would be incarcerated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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