The following article by Glen Thrush and Julie Hirshfield Davis was posted on the New York Times website August 28, 2017:
In a joint news conference with the president of Finland, President Trump defended his controversial pardoning of the former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. By WHITEHOUSE.GOV on Publish DateAugust 28, 2017. Photo by Al Drago for The New York Times.
WASHINGTON — President Trump offered a fiery defense on Monday of his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff, as Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas last week — and claimed he timed it to attract maximum attention as television viewers were glued to storm coverage. Continue reading “Trump Eyed ‘Far Higher’ Ratings in Pardoning Joe Arpaio as Hurricane Hit”