U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday granted a pardon to former Arizona lawman and political ally Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America,” less than a month after he was convicted of criminal contempt in a case involving his department’s racial profiling policy. CBC | World News
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Trump’s hinted pardon of ally Joe Arpaio called ‘extremely unusual’
If U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on suggestions he’ll pardon notorious former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, it would amount to extraordinary defiance of the justice system in service of political grandstanding, according to experts on pardons. CBC | World News
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