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Trump Pardons Michael Flynn, Former National Security Advisor Who Admitted Lying to FBI
President Donald Trump’s first national security advisor, Michael Flynn, has tried to undo his guilty plea for more than a year.
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Joe Arpaio Loses Sheriff's Race in 2nd Failed Comeback Bid
Joe Arpaio has been defeated in his bid to win back the sheriff’s post in metro Phoenix that he held for 24 years before being voted out in 2016
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Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Pardoned by Trump, Wants His Old Job Back
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, announced that he’s running for his old job on Sunday, exactly two years after President Donald Trump pardoned him for a federal contempt-of-court conviction, NBC News reports. “Watch out world! We are back!” Arpaio, 87, said in a statement in which he promised to reinstate the extreme measures that made...
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Roy Moore Sues Sacha Baron Cohen Over ‘Defamatory' TV Prank
Failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Wednesday sued comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation and emotional distress after being pranked on the actor’s television show. The lawsuit appears to be the first actually filed by one of the string of politicians who were duped and humiliated by Baron Cohen on the show “Who is America.” The lawsuit filed Wednesday...
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Arpaio Speaks to Toy Doughnut in New Baron Cohen Show
U.S. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio argued the benefits of gun ownership to a tiny toy doughnut in the latest episode of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s new prank show. Arpaio often seemed taken aback during the interview that aired Sunday in which Baron Cohen portrayed a Finnish TV host who channeled some of his questions through a toy named “D’Lish Donut.”...
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Phoenix Agrees to Settle Over 2011 Death in Arpaio's Jail
The city of Phoenix has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to settle a lawsuit over the 2011 death of a mentally ill man who was arrested by its police officers and later died in a jail run by then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio, ending a case in which the jail’s operator had already paid millions of dollars to the...
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Pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio Says He's Running for US Senate in Arizona
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he’s running for the open U.S. Senate seat in his home state of Arizona so he can support President Donald Trump, who pardoned him last year after Arpaio was convicted of disobeying a judge’s order barring him from detaining suspected undocumented immigrants. “I am running for the U.S. Senate from the Great State of Arizona,...
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Judge Won't Throw Out Ruling Explaining Arpaio's Conviction
The judge in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s now-pardoned criminal case has refused the retired lawman’s request to throw out all rulings in the case, including a blistering decision that explained her reasoning in finding him guilty of a crime. The request denied Thursday by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton was aimed at clearing Arpaio’s name and barring the ruling’s use...
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Judge Lets Trump's Pardon of Former Sheriff Arpaio Stand
President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s conviction for disobeying a court order in an immigration case will stand after a judge on Wednesday rejected arguments that it would encourage government officials to flout similar judicial commands in the future. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton cited U.S. Supreme Court precedent in formally dismissing the criminal case against the...
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Hispanics Still Treated Differently in Traffic Stops at Arpaio's Agency: Audit
Nearly four years ago, a federal judge ordered a sweeping overhaul of then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office after concluding sheriff’s deputies had systematically racially profiled Hispanics in traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. Today, the agency is still dogged by findings that its officers treat minorities differently than whites during traffic stops. An audit conducted by criminal justice researchers at Arizona State...
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SORRY, NOT SORRY: Kathy Griffin Retracts Apology Over Trump Decapitation Pic
Kathy Griffin retracted her apology for a gory image of a fake Donald Trump head, saying anger against her was overblown and should be directed at Trump and his administration.
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Kathy Griffin Rescinds Apology for Trump Photo
Kathy Griffin retracted her apology for a gory image of a fake Donald Trump head, saying anger against her was overblown and should be directed at Trump and his administration.
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Presidential Pardons Might Not End Russia Prosecutions
President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, issued before his federal case was even finished, has sparked a debate over whether he could end Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe with a series of pre-emptive pardons. But even mass pardons of all suspects in the Russia case would not close the door to potential prosecutions, NBC News...
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Trump Defends Decision to Pardon Arizona's Arpaio
President Donald Trump is defending his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, calling the controversial former Arizona sheriff a “patriot” who loves his country, NBC News reported. During a news conference with the president of Finland on Monday, Trump said Arpaio was not treated well by the Obama administration and had success in his long career for the people of Arizona.......
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A Look at the President's Pardon Power and How It Works
President Donald Trump has exercised his pardon power for the first time, using it to pardon former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. A look at the president’s unique power:
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Trump's First Pardon Spares Political Ally and Former Arizona Sheriff Arpaio
President Donald Trump spared former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio the prospect of serving jail time in granting the first pardon of his turbulent tenure, wiping away the lawman’s recent federal conviction stemming from his immigration patrols that focused on Latinos. The White House said 85-year-old Arpaio was a “worthy candidate” for the pardon, citing his “life’s work of protecting the...
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Trump Revisits Charlottesville Remarks in Angry Phoenix Speech
President Donald Trump opened his political rally in Phoenix with calls for unity and an assertion that “our movement is about love.” Then he erupted in anger. He blamed the media for the widespread condemnation of his response to violence at a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest organized by white supremacists. And he shouted that he had “openly called for healing, unity...
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Trump Strongly Hints at Pardon for Ex-Sheriff Arpaio
President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be “just fine” despite being found guilty of criminal contempt for violating a court order as the president strongly hinted that he might pardon the man known as “America’s toughest sheriff,” NBC News reported. “Do the people in this room like Sheriff Joe,” Trump asked of the thousands of...
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Phoenix Mayor Not Happy About President Trump's Rally Plans
President Donald Trump plans to rally supporters in Phoenix next week, and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is not happy about it. Trump’s campaign announced the event Wednesday — a day after the president blamed “both sides” for weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators.
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Trump Retweets User Calling Him a Fascist, New CNN Attack Meme
President Donald Trump retweeted a pair of inflammatory tweets Tuesday morning before deleting them about 20 minutes later: one in which a user called the president a fascist and another in which a train bearing Trump’s name hits a person tagged as CNN, NBC News reported. Both tweets were sent in response to a “Fox & Friends” tweet, already retweeted...