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President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, calling the former Arizona sheriff a "patriot" who loves his country. Asked about his controversial pardon during a joint press conference with the president of Finland on Monday, Trump insisted that "a lot of people" believe he made the right call.
GOP legislators in 20 U.S. statehouses proposed - and six legislatures approved - new restrictions on the right to assemble and protest in 2017. Report: 'Anti-protester' bills gain traction in state legislatures GOP legislators in 20 U.S. statehouses proposed - and six legislatures approved - new restrictions on the right to assemble and protest in 2017.
Law and order Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, the law and order sheriff convicted of criminal contempt for defying lawful orders, from two federal judges, involving racial profiling. President Trump issued the pardon of his fellow birther before Arpaio had been sentenced.
In this Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of metro Phoenix, at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa. Fresh off his presidential pardon, an emboldened Joe Arpaio on Monday lashed out at his critics and the judge who found him guilty of a crime as his attorneys went to court to throw the court decision that was the basis for his conviction.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017.
Fresh off his presidential pardon, an emboldened Joe Arpaio on Monday lashed out at his critics and the judge who found him guilty of a crime as his attorneys went to court to throw the court decision that was the basis for his conviction. The former Arizona sheriff struck a defiant tone in insisting he "didn't do anything wrong" and questioning whether his judge was fair.
Trump on Monday morning retweeted a message from a conservative journalist that included two false facts about pardons granted under former President Barack Obama. Trump retweeted the bogus claim as a defense for his controversial pardon of Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who was set to serve a jail sentence for his discriminatory policing.
Ivan Velasquez, commissioner of the United Nations International Commission Against Impunity, listens to a question during a press conference in Guatemala City, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Velasquez and Guatemala's attorney gener... GUATEMALA CITY - President Jimmy Morales announced Sunday he was expelling the head of a U.N. anti-corruption commission that is investigating his campaign's financing - only to have the order blocked hours later by Guatemala's top court.
Federal, state, and local search and rescue teams are operating 24/7 to reach those stranded in flooded areas. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has more than 400 Urban Search and Rescue personnel working to save lives in south Texas.
Mexican soldiers en route to the U.S. border on Sept. 6, 2005. The convoy was carrying water-treatment plants, mobile kitchens and supplies for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
House Speaker Paul Ryan joined with other Republican leaders Saturday in criticizing President Donald Trump's decision to pardon Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "The speaker does not agree with the decision," Doug Andres, a spokesman for Ryan, told The Wall Street Journal.
Housing surrounded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey is seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, Texas, on August 26, 2017. Photo - U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland/Handout via Reuters Housing surrounded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey is seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, Texas, on August 26, 2017.
President Donald Trump's pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio shows a lack of regard for an independent judiciary, say critics who note Trump's past criticism of federal judges, including the chief justice of the United States.
Shortly after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump, former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio hinted to local reporters he might return to politics. Arpaio told the Associated Press he wouldn't rule out running for office again, saying he would be "very active" politically, even at age 85. He had the same message for the state's largest newspaper.
In this Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of metro Phoenix, at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa. President Donald Trump has pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio following his conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge's order in an immigration case.
"No defendant should receive special treatment based on power or privilege," prosecutors said, according to Reuters . "This court should reject defendant Menendez's effort to let politics in Washington dictate the trial schedule in Newark."
President Donald Trump's decision - announced late Friday night - to pardon controversial former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was the Platonic ideal of Trumpism. "Throughout his time as sheriff, Arpaio continued his life's work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration," read a statement released by the White House.
Courtnay Hough protests in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. August 25, 2017, after former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio was pardoned by U.S. President Trump. 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.