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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Dec 5, 2016, 11:15 AM Dec 2016

Could Racial Profiler Sheriff Joe Arpaio Be Trump's First Pardon? Why It Might Happen.

by Susan Seager | 8:29 am, December 5th, 2016

President-elect President Donald Trump may soon receive his first presidential pardon request from an incendiary Arizona sheriff facing criminal charges for targeting Latinos for illegal arrests and deportations in violation of a court order.

No pardon application has been submitted yet by Trump loyalist and outgoing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who says he is innocent of the federal charge of contempt of court, but Arpaio succeeded in postponing his upcoming Phoenix trial, which was set to begin Dec. 6, until April 4, 2017. The sheriff’s trial is now well after President-elect Trump takes office on Jan. 20, giving him plenty of time to submit a possible pardon request.

Arpaio’s criminal defense attorney, Melvin McDonald of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli in Phoenix, said “I don’t want to comment on that point” when asked if he plans to submit a pardon application to President-elect Trump. McDonald said he is looking at all options for his client.

Paul K. Charlton, U.S. Attorney for Arizona under President George W. Bush, thinks the 84-year-old Arpaio is likely to seek a pardon and the new president would be tempted to grant it. “If President-elect Trump wants to, he could pardon Arpaio for the charge he currently faces and any other charges he faces for crimes that he may have committed,” Charlton said in an interview with LawNewz.com.

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http://lawnewz.com/uncategorized/could-racial-profiler-sheriff-joe-arpaio-be-trumps-first-pardon-why-it-might-happen/

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Could Racial Profiler Sheriff Joe Arpaio Be Trump's First Pardon? Why It Might Happen. (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

Shhhh, don't give trump any ideas. shraby Dec 2016 #1

Ford pardoned Nixon SoCalNative Dec 2016 #2

Bush pardoned five involved in Iran-Contra... DonViejo Dec 2016 #4

Tee hee. lonestarnot Dec 2016 #3

shraby

(21,946 posts)

1. Shhhh, don't give trump any ideas.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 11:18 AM

Dec 2016

edited to add:

If I recall correctly, in order to be pardoned, a person has to serve a certain portion of the sentence first.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

2. Ford pardoned Nixon

Reply to shraby (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 11:24 AM

Dec 2016

he didn't do any time

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

4. Bush pardoned five involved in Iran-Contra...

Reply to SoCalNative (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 11:36 AM

Dec 2016

Bush Pardons Weinberger, 5 Others in Iran-Contra; Act Called Cover-Up : Inquiry: Prosecutor accuses President of misconduct, claims Bush kept own notes of arms-for-hostages affair. Christmas Eve clemency scuttles six-year investigation.

December 25, 1992|ROBERT L. JACKSON and RONALD J. OSTROW | TIMES STAFF WRITERS

WASHINGTON — President Bush granted Christmas Eve pardons to former Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger and five other former government officials Thursday, wiping out all pending criminal prosecutions in the Iran-Contra case.

In an angry statement, the Iran-Contra independent counsel, Lawrence E. Walsh, accused Bush of "misconduct" and declared that the pardon was part of the cover-up that "has continued for more than six years."

And in a potentially explosive revelation, he said it was recently discovered that Bush himself kept personal notes on aspects of the arms-for-hostages affair. He said prosecutors have been denied access to some of them "despite repeated requests" and added ominously that this "will lead to appropriate action."

The flurry of dramatic events, which began with the midday issuance of the White House's Christmas season pardon list, meant that instead of winding down after a term of unprecedented length, the Iran-Contra investigation was erupting anew with the suggestion of a higher target and greater implications.

Walsh declined to say what action he might take against Bush. In an interview broadcast later, however, he did acknowledge that Bush is "the subject now of our investigation" and that the potential grounds are having "illegally withheld documents" from Iran-Contra investigations.

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http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-25/news/mn-2472_1_iran-contra-affair

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

3. Tee hee.

Reply to shraby (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 11:26 AM

Dec 2016

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