YUMA, Ariz. (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump’s visit to Arizona (all times PDT):
2:15 p.m.
A spokeswoman for President Donald Trump says he will not pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio (ahr-PY’-oh) while visiting Arizona.
Trump sparked speculation about a possible pardon when he told Fox News in a recent interview that he was considering issuing one. But White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters traveling with Trump on Tuesday that “there will be no discussion of that today at any point, and no action will be taken on that front at any point today.”
Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff, was recently convicted in federal court of disobeying court orders to stop his immigration patrols.
Immigrant rights advocates had criticized a potential pardon by Trump.
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3 a.m.
President Donald Trump is trying to recapture the fervor that helped put him in office with a campaign-style rally in Arizona, but he’s also likely to hear some protests over his immigration policies and his comments about Charlottesville.
It will be his farthest trip west since taking office in January. He’ll visit the Mexican border at Yuma before the political rally in Phoenix.
Trump’s visit comes at a sensitive time. Some Republicans are reeling after his remarks last week that “both sides” were to blame for violence that erupted at a rally organized by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The president also has teased that he may pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (ahr-PY’-oh), who recently was convicted of disobeying a court order to stop his immigration patrols.