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   From: go-trump@abc.com   
      
   The necessary legal paperwork is in place for President Trump to   
   pardon former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio should he decide to do   
   so, Fox News has learned.   
      
   Trump still has to make a final decision, but administration   
   officials also have developed talking points for surrogates to   
   use should Trump issue his first presidential pardon to spare   
   the former Arizona lawman.   
      
   The development comes after Trump signaled during a rally in   
   Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday night he could make that call.   
      
   “I’ll make a prediction. I think he’s going to be just fine,”   
   Trump said of Arpaio. “But I won’t do it tonight because I don’t   
   want to cause any controversy. Is that OK?”   
      
   Arpaio attorney Mark Goldman told Fox News neither he nor the   
   former sheriff has had any contact with the White House or   
   Justice Department.   
      
   However, he said, "We very much appreciate President Trump's   
   comments. Sheriff Arpaio didn't receive a fair trial and it   
   appears that miscarriage of justice is going to be rectified   
   soon."   
      
   The former Maricopa County sheriff was convicted of a   
   misdemeanor charge for not obeying a 2011 order from a judge to   
   stop his anti-illegal immigrant traffic patrols.   
      
   Trump recently told Fox News that he was “seriously considering”   
   a pardon for Arpaio.   
      
   “I might do it right away, maybe early this week,” Trump told   
   Fox News on Aug. 13. “I am seriously thinking about it.”   
      
   When the president’s campaign announced the Phoenix rally days   
   later, it touched off immediate speculation that the event could   
   be the venue to announce the president’s first pardon.   
      
   But the White House made clear earlier Tuesday that Trump would   
   not make any final announcement at that rally.   
      
   Arpaio, meanwhile, has been awaiting a decision, while stressing   
   he supports the president regardless.   
      
   “I would accept [a pardon], but we’ll see what happens,” Arpaio   
   said. “[I]t doesn’t matter because I’m still going to support   
   him as long as he is the president of the United States because   
   that’s the way I am. I don’t desert for political reasons. I’ll   
   stick with him.”   
      
   Arpaio, 85, who served as sheriff in Maricopa County for more   
   than 20 years before losing election in 2016, forged a national   
   reputation for his tough and controversial policies cracking   
   down on illegal immigration. Arpaio’s widely publicized tactics   
   included forcing inmates to wear pink underwear and housing them   
   in desert tent camps.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/23/paperwork-in-place-   
   for-trump-to-pardon-ex-sheriff-arpaio.html   
      
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