WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: Trump Hints at Pardon for Arpaio (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg lab reef exploring

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<v Speaker 1>legal issues in the news, and there was speculation that

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump would part in Arizona Sheriff Joe R. Pio

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<v Speaker 1>at a rally in Phoenix Tuesday night. Her Pio was

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<v Speaker 1>found guilty of criminal contempt after defying a judge's order

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<v Speaker 1>to end traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants. The President

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<v Speaker 1>did not part in our Pio that night, but today

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Law host Jing Grosso and Michael Best discussed the

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<v Speaker 1>possibility with Mark Ostler, professor at St. Thomas School of Law.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark tell us what our pios stands for in the

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<v Speaker 1>communities he has policed. Yeah, he's very controversial, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>someone that you know, expressly invited confrontation with the Hispanic

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<v Speaker 1>community in in the Phoenix area. Um, and he got it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that he um organized special projects, for example, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>targeting areas where people were picking up day laborers. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to be uh, you know. And and then

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<v Speaker 1>of course enforcing Arizona's laws regarding immigration that were later

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<v Speaker 1>largely struck down. Um. And so he's someone that invited

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<v Speaker 1>controversy in the same way that that Donald Trump has

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<v Speaker 1>and was divisive in much the same way. So if

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<v Speaker 1>he was just if he was enforcing Arizona's laws, he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't write the laws and he didn't strike up down.

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<v Speaker 1>How what is the trouble that our Peo got in

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<v Speaker 1>had to do um with with racial and ethnic profiling specifically,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was a pretty damning report from the Department

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<v Speaker 1>of Justice. Uh in back I think that was. And

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<v Speaker 1>then you had the contempt. There was an order that

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<v Speaker 1>was put in place by the court out there. He

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<v Speaker 1>was held in contempt to that and then held in

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<v Speaker 1>criminal contempt just back in July. There's a process for

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<v Speaker 1>presidential pardons. Has that been followed in any respect in

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<v Speaker 1>our Pio's case? Um, From what our Pio has said,

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<v Speaker 1>he said that he did not seek a pardon. That

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<v Speaker 1>means that he hasn't submitted a petition. The rules are

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<v Speaker 1>are pretty clear about how this is supposed to work. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, it's a constitutional power of the president, and

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<v Speaker 1>that means that the president has the ability not to

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<v Speaker 1>follow the rules if he doesn't want to. However, it

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<v Speaker 1>does um definitely, Mark. This is something different than what

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<v Speaker 1>we usually see with clemency and that's Mark Ostler, professor

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<v Speaker 1>at St. Thomas School of Law, speaking with Bloomberg Law

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<v Speaker 1>host Jing Grosso and Michael Best. You can listen to

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Law Wait days at one pm Wall Street Time

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