Joe Arpaio says he’s hopeful Trump will pardon him, just not ‘tonight’

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Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is holding out hope that President Trump will pardon him of criminal contempt, just not from a podium in Phoenix, Ariz., according to a report.

“He didn’t say he’s not going to do it. He said, ‘tonight’,” Arpaio told Vice News, referring to Trump’s campaign rally Tuesday, his first out west as president.

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