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Jeff Sessions on Joe Arpaio Pardon: ‘Well Within the Power of the President to Do’

- Oktober 19, 2017
FILE - 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. The White House announced the move Friday night, Aug. 25, 2017, saying the 85-year-old ex-sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County was a "worthy candidate" for a presidential pardon. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said at a hearing on Wednesday that it was “well within the power” of President Donald Trump to pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
 

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