Jeff Sessions defends Trump pardons of Joe Arpaio, Scooter Libby

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump’s right to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former Bush administration official I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

Both of those pardons were issued by Trump and bypassed the involvement of the Justice Department and its pardon attorney, which historically …

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