Author: Jeff Anderson

Trump Asked Sessions To Drop Arpaio Case Months Ago: Report Smells a lot like obstruction of justice.  We are getting more details about the history behind Donald Trump’s pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Washington Post reported Saturday that in the early days of his presidency, Donald Trump asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions if the Justice Department could drop the case against Arpaio. Trump was advised that such a move would not be “appropriate.” Trump decided at the time to let the case go to trial and that if Arpaio was convicted, he would grant him a pardon. Arpaio...

John McCain Blasts Trump Over Arpaio Pardon McCain says pardon undermines Trump’s “claim for the respect of rule of law.” Senator John McCain on Friday issued a statement blasting Donald Trump for issuing a pardon to former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. McCain said it “undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law.” “Mr. Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt for continuing to illegally profile Latinos living in Arizona based on their perceived immigration status in violation of a judge’s orders,” McCain said in a statement. “The President has the authority to make this pardon, but doing...

Trump Pardons Racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio   BREAKING Donald Trump has pardoned Joe Arpaio, the racist former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, according to a White House announcement Friday. Trump had hinted at the pardon during his off the rails rally in Pheonix this week. Arpaio is being pardoned for criminal contempt charges for disobeying a 2011 court order that ordered him to stop arresting people he thought were undocumented immigrants based on their race. “Throughout his time as Sheriff, Arpaio continued his life’s work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration,” the White...

Russia Investigators Found Trump Campaign Emails Discussing Putin Meeting: Report Senior Trump administration official sent an email during campaign referring to Putin meeting. A senior Trump campaign official sent an email during the campaign referring an effort to arrange a meeting between Trump campaign officials and Vladimir Putin, according to a new CNN report. That senior campaign official’s name is Rick Dearborn who is now Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff. During the campaign, Dearborn was in charge of the Trump campaigns policy operation. Dearborn’s email suggested that someone within the campaign identified only as “WV” wanted to connect...

A Judge Just Struck Down Texas’ Voter ID Law   Big win for voting rights. A federal court in Texas on Wednesday knocked down the state’s controversial voter I Dlaw and granted an injunction that bars state officials from enforcing the measure. U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos just ruled that the Texas law was enacted with the deliberate intent to discriminate against black and Hispanic voters. Ramos said that the law violates the Voting Rights Act and the 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution. The 2011 law was one of the most restrictive in the nation, requiring...