Trump pardoned Arpaio last year after his conviction on a misdemeanor contempt of court charge for ignoring a federal judge’s order to stop detaining people because he merely suspected them of being undocumented immigrants. Arpaio is now a primary candidate for the Republican nomination to succeed the retiring Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.).

He’s got money, charisma and a presidential pardon. Now he thinks—and local Republicans fear—he can win the GOP Senate primary in Arizona.

"I would deport these Dreamers and let them see the country they came from, be ambassadors to our country, and later on give them kind of a fast track to come back into the United States legally and that would take care of a lot of issues"

But in 2018, Arpaio is back and running for US Senate — hoping that his close association with Trump, and a newly wiped-clean criminal record, are going to help him Make Arizona Great Again.

Trump has now drawn scrutiny not simply from critics of his racist rhetoric but from the court itself.

The former Arizona sheriff struck a defiant tone in insisting he "didn't do anything wrong" and questioning whether his judge was fair.

Trump ... claimed he timed it to attract maximum attention as television viewers were glued to storm coverage.

Trump on Twitter plugged a book by controversial Sheriff David Clarke in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Trump thus used his constitutional power to block a federal judge’s effort to enforce the Constitution. Legal experts said they found this to be the most troubling aspect of the pardon, given that it excused the lawlessness of an official who had sworn to defend the constitutional structure.

His effort to see if the case could be dropped showed a troubling disregard for the traditional wall between the White House and the Justice Department

He ran a jail that he described as a "concentration camp." Prisoners there died at an alarming rate, often without explanation.

...Arpaio, who was convicted last month of criminal contempt for ignoring a federal judge’s order to stop detaining people because he merely suspected them of being undocumented immigrants.

Trump told Fox News he is “seriously considering” issuing a pardon for former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted last month of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge’s order to stop detaining people because he merely suspected them of being undocumented immigrants.