Posted on 08/25/2017 7:41:11 AM PDT by Seizethecarp
While Mr. Trump was beginning his revanchist run for the White House on the backs of Mexican “rapists,” Mr. Arpaio was terrorizing brown-skinned people across southern Arizona, sweeping them up in “saturation patrols” and holding them in what he referred to as a “concentration camp” for months at a time.
It was this behavior that a federal judge in 2011 found to be unconstitutional and ordered Mr. Arpaio to stop. He refused, placing himself above the law and the Constitution that he had sworn to uphold.
That alone would be reason enough to deny him a pardon. But a grant of mercy from Mr. Trump would also go against longstanding Justice Department policy, which calls for a waiting period of at least five years before the consideration of a pardon application and some expression of regret or remorse by the applicant. Mr. Arpaio shows no sign of remorse; to the contrary, he sees himself as the victim. “If they can go after me, they can go after anyone in this country,” he told Fox News on Wednesday. He’s right — in a nation based on the rule of law, anyone who ignores a court order, or otherwise breaks the law, may be prosecuted and convicted.
Pardons are by definition political decisions, and presidents of both parties have used them in unsavory ways. What’s remarkable here is that Mr. Trump is weighing mercy for a public official who did not just violate the law, but who remains proud of doing so.
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Definitely say no to the NY Slimes!
Fake News, fake advice.
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Ping to continuing obsessive MSM coverage of Trump’s not-yet pardon of Sheriff Joe!
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Jail the Judge for conspiring to falsely prosecute Joe Arpaio!
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Jail Eric Holder for conspiring to falsely prosecute Joe Arpaio!
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In 1983 Rich and partner Pincus Green were indicted on 65 criminal counts, including income tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and trading with Iran during the oil embargo (at a time when Iranian revolutionaries were still holding American citizens hostage).[7][17] The charges would have led to a sentence of more than 300 years in prison...
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On January 20, 2001, hours before leaving office, U.S. President Bill Clinton granted Rich a highly controversial presidential pardon.... Former President Jimmy Carter, a fellow Democrat, said, “I don’t think there is any doubt that some of the factors in his pardon were attributable to his large gifts. In my opinion, that was disgraceful.”[24]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich#U.S._indictment_and_pardon
The NYT needs to move out of Sarah Palin’s building.
Typical communist NYT screed. Piss on them from a great height and all their supporters !
The President should listen to the NYT because?
Couldn’t get past the first line. Seething with hate, these fake news merchants.
The federal judge ordered him to stop enforcing the law. Way too much of that being done under the Obama regime.
$crew the New York $lmes, its Mexican owner, board members, editors and so called reporters.
Obama pardoned real criminals.
Joe is a political criminal only in the eyes of the elite left.
FUNYT
The NYT needs to move out of Sarah Palin’s building!!!!
Oh for God’s sake, Arpaio was convicted of a misdemeanor. He is not going to go to jail for a first offense. A presidential pardon is a bit of an over-kill.
I am not sure if he should pardon him before any appeal.
I think this would easily get tossed on appeal.
He was in court for failing to obey an ILLEGAL court order.
So do we want people ‘just following orders’? Or not?
When did the slimes become concerned about the Constitution and political oaths?
If the Old Grey Whore (”The Failing New York Times”) is against it, I am 100% for it.
Heck, I am for it anyway...this is just icing on the cake...:)
Trump will pardon Sheriff Joe while the media mice chase other cheese in the maze (as LS would say!).
I see it as a message and a form of leadership...
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