Juan Williams: Trump’s Arpaio Pardon Sets the Stage for Trump to Pardon Family, Friends and Allies

‘This — you remember, Arpaio was not only an early supporter of Donald Trump, he was an early birther’

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WILLIAMS: "Well, this was a political act, as Karl said. This was not an act of mercy for someone who had been denied justice. Sheriff Arpaio has not been sentenced yet. He’s been convicted but not sentenced. So this was a preemptive act by President Trump that I think then sets a precedent going in that he can act in terms of pardons with little rebuke from the Justice Department to help out someone who’s a family member, someone who’s a political ally. This — you remember, Arpaio was not only an early supporter of Donald Trump, he was an early birther, and he is the face of hostility towards immigrants, specifically with Mexicans and Latinos in his country."

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