Monday, Aug 28, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 28 August 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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President Trump’s first pardon went to a wildly divisive sheriff from Arizona. So who is Joe Arpaio? And how do presidential pardons work? Guests: Fernanda Santos, the former Phoenix bureau chief of The New York Times; Adam Liptak, our Supreme Court reporter. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the demon.
0:08.8	Today, President Trump's first presidential part goes to a wildly controversial sheriff from Arizona.
0:16.4	So who is Joe Arpio?
0:19.6	And
0:21.0	pardoning Sheriff Arpio is the president's constitutional right.
0:24.2	Critics say he's choosing to exercise that right to subvert the Constitution.
0:31.8	It's Monday, August 28th.
0:38.3	My favorite one is at New York Times. Oh, okay.
0:42.3	From page at first.
0:44.3	1995. Oh my gosh.
0:47.3	That's when they like me. That's when they like me.
0:49.5	Fernando Santos, when was the last time you talked to Sheriff Arpio?
0:55.7	I talked to Sheriff Arpio in May of this year.
0:59.9	That is that when you opened the tents?
1:02.9	Oh, that was.
1:06.0	No, I opened the tents in 1993.
1:08.7	He had been voted out of office in November after 24 years as Sheriff in
1:15.2	Maricopa County, which is the most populous county in Arizona.
1:18.7	It's where Phoenix is.
1:20.6	And he had just had his trial for criminal contempt of court scheduled for July.
1:28.9	And were he to be convicted as he was?
1:31.8	He would face jail time.
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