White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday said President Donald Trump will not discuss or act “today” on the possibility of pardoning former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
“There will be no discussion of that today at any point, and no action will be taken on that front at any point today,” Sanders told pool reporters on Air Force One.
Trump last week said he was “seriously” considering pardoning Arpaio, who was convicted in July of criminal contempt of court.
Arpaio on Monday said he had no idea whether Trump would act on that consideration.
“So what’s the scoop? Will he pardon me?” Arpaio said to NBC News. “Who knows, I don’t know.”
Trump is scheduled to host a reelection campaign rally for himself in Phoenix, Arizona, late Tuesday evening, but Arpaio told CNN he had not been invited.
Ha! Like they know what Trump will do…
So, following Trump WH logic, this means that Trump will pardon Arpaio at the rally.
It would be hard to Pardon someone not yet sentenced methinks.
But AZ would go off the rails if he did.
At least my house would.
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Thankfully I’m 120 miles south of that craziness.
I’m hoping one of the networks, the WP or the NYT publish a juicy distraction shortly before show time…
Trump: It will be in my 3AM tweet sometime this week. You can all start betting the day.