Saturday, August 26, 2017

John McCain Rips into Trump For Pardoning Joe Arpaio

McCain said the pardon undermined the president’s “claim for the respect of rule of law.”

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) harshly criticized President Donald Trump for pardoning Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff who was found guilty of criminal contempt after illegally targeting Latinos.

Trump’s pardon Friday of Arpaio, who was found to have “willfully violated” a 2011 court order barring him from detaining individuals based solely on suspicion about their legal status, was the first of his presidency…

Source: John McCain Rips Donald Trump For Pardoning Joe Arpaio


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