He gets a big say in whether to challenge President Trump’s pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio for criminal contempt of court. President Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio undermines the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Although Congress codified a process for the judiciary to follow to hold someone in contempt, the contempt power itself rests solely with the judiciary. Can a president pardon all the people who just decided they didn’t like a court order? However, if the power of President Trump to pardon contempt prisoners is left standing, that may very well functionally impede, if not shut down, the Mueller investigation.

Source: Huffington Post August 27, 2017 06:00 UTC