Back in August Donald Trump tried out his executive powers to protect convicted criminals, by pardoning disgraced Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. A couple of days later Arpaio and his dubiously funded legal team began a process whereby they would have Arpaio’s conviction vacated—whitewashing his crimes from the legal record. As Tuscon.com explains today, some justice still prevails.
Saying the president can't erase facts, a federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to have all record of his criminal conviction wiped out. [...]
"The power to pardon is an executive prerogative of mercy, not of judicial record-keeping," Bolton wrote, quoting earlier court precedent.
"The pardon undoubtedly spared defendant from any punishment that might otherwise have been imposed," the judge continued. "It did not, however, revise the historical facts of this case."
For his part, Arpaio says he will still be fighting this decision, along with his legal team funded by the dupes he and Trump get to fund their scams. One thing is for sure. History will remember that Sheriff Joe Arpaio was one of the most corrupt and racist law officers in the history of our country.