Re: The Russians you say? Guilty?
The Arpaio pardon is more worrying for what it represents.
Sheriff Joe is acting as an agent of the state, in the role of law enforcement. Generally we like LEOs to follow the law in their personal life, and for them to always follow it in their professional life.
Arpaio was told his actions where illegal *by a court of law* and told to stop doing so. In other words, he was breaking the law, then told to stop doing so.
At this point, Joe ignores the order of the court, and carries on breaking the law.
He then gets convicted of ignoring the court.
Which is then pardoned by DJT.
So the executive branch (which LEOs usually are part of) of government is breaking the law, the judicial intervenes, and then the executive nullifies the judicial action.
This is not a good thing as far as constitutional balance goes. It's practically in Russian/Turkish territory as far as the assertion of executive authority over all others.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
