Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses bid to have his criminal record wiped clean
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
Oct 19, 2017 Updated 7 hrs ago
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.
Susan Bolton said she already dismissed the criminal contempt case against Arpaio following the decision by President Trump to issue a pardon. That saved the former sheriff, who had been found guilty, from the possibility of going to jail for up to six months.
But Bolton rebuffed Arpaio's claim that the pardon also entitled him to have the entire conviction erased.
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