Mr. Trump has been criticized for bypassing the typical Justice Department review process before granting the pardon to Mr. Arpaio. He was told that it could not be, but that Mr. Trump was well within his presidential authority to pardon Mr. Arpaio. “He would have won the election, but they just hammered him just before the election,” Mr. Trump said. Mr. Trump plans to travel on Tuesday to Corpus Christi, Tex., to survey the damage and storm response. “We are not feeling ourselves as advisers, but we are feeling ourselves as doing all what is possible to maintain peace,” Mr. Niinisto said.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2017 21:31 UTC