WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Arizona Democrats is urging President Donald Trump not to pardon Joe Arpaio.
Congressmen Ruben Gallego, Raul Grijalva and Tom O’Halleran say in a letter to Trump that the former Phoenix-area sheriff shouldn’t get any “relief from the penalties he deservedly faces for his illegal conduct and brazen abuse of the public trust.”
Trump told Fox News in an interview earlier this week that he may pardon Arpaio, who was one of his early supporters.
A federal judge ruled in 2013 that Arpaio’s officers had racially profiled Latinos. But Arpaio refused to stop his immigration patrols, which led to his criminal contempt of court case.
The lawmakers tell Trump a pardon would send a “clear message that your allies are immune from prosecution.”
I am pretty sure this is his plan for his Phoenix rally. Because with Trump, there is no bad situation that he can’t find a way to make worse.
Pardoning Arpaio on the heels of the Charlottesville blow ups is just too tempting for him NOT to do it.
Has any previous president ever pardoned someone on stage at a rally? I guess it’s modern presidential.
Sorry, but if Donnie knows the Dem’s are against it, it’s a done deal.
That’s the first thing that popped into my head too. Might be better to ask for the opposite as a form of reverse psychology because if the Dems are for something, Dumpster Donnie is against it. They have a better chance of influencing him in that manner.
If it’s attention he craves, he could posthumously pardon Timothy McVeigh.