Trump pardons ex-sheriff convicted for illegally targeting immigrants
- 26-Aug-2017
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned controversial former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted last month of criminal contempt for illegally targeting Hispanic immigrants. In his first act of presidential clemency, Trump pardoned the deeply-divisive 85-year-old who ignored a federal court order that he stop detaining illegal migrants. “He kept Arizona safe!” […]