WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump should not have pardoned a former Arizona sheriff who was convicted of criminal contempt in a case of racial profiling, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, said on Saturday. <\/p>\n
Trump announced on Friday he was pardoning Joe Arpaio, an anti-immigration hardliner found guilty last month for flouting a 2011 court order that barred officers from detaining Latino motorists solely on the suspicion they were illegal immigrants. <\/p>\n
“Law-enforcement officials have a special responsibility to respect the rights of everyone in the United States. We should not allow anyone to believe that responsibility is diminished by this pardon,” Ryan said in a statement. <\/p>\n
“The speaker does not agree with the decision,” Ryan’s spokesman Doug Andres said. <\/p>\n
Some other prominent Republicans, including Arizona Senator John McCain and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, have also criticized Trump for the controversial pardon. <\/p>\n
Arpaio, 85, was an outspoken supporter of Trump’s presidential campaign and both men have argued for tougher policies against illegal immigration. <\/p>\n
As president, Trump has broad powers to issue pardons and he had said Arpaio was convicted for “doing his job”. <\/p>\n
Arpaio lost his own bid for re-election in Arizona’s Maricopa County in November, after 24 years in office. <\/p>\n
Reporting by Patrick Rucker<\/p>\n
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