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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 11 Sep 2017

    Chris Geidner Retweeted Zoe Tillman

    And, here's this —>https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/907311911506718720 …

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    Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
    Just in: DOJ agrees with Joe Arpaio that Trump's pardon means his criminal case is moot and should be dismissed https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3990185/9-11-17-Govt-Response-Arpaio.pdf … pic.twitter.com/SQM6LO4jbt
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      2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 11 Sep 2017

        Well then. Erwin Chemerinsky and Michael and Jane Tigar argue that Trump's pardon of Arpaio is void. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3990636-USA-v-Arpaio-Chemerinsky-and-Tigar.html …pic.twitter.com/OUM6KHmxd6

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 11 Sep 2017

        The Protect Democracy Project makes a similar argument as well. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3990638-USA-v-Arpaio-Protect-Democracy-Project.html …pic.twitter.com/W5ELLkRVh8

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      4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 11 Sep 2017

        Those are 2 proposed amicus briefs submitted in Arpaio's effect to have his contempt conviction vacated. Background:https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/joe-arpaio-wants-his-conviction-tossed-out-now-that-hes?utm_term=.rgJL9kWMQ#.dxrJ3Z7Ba …

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 11 Sep 2017

        For a big backgrounder on the president's very broad pardon power, read my piece from Aug. 3: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-president-actually-has-enormous-power-to-pardon?utm_term=.hoo7vLKla#.oaxxno1OW …pic.twitter.com/ge8z43IZQv

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      6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 11 Sep 2017

        Earlier filed [proposed] amicus briefs in the Arpaio matter also came from MacArthur Justice Center: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3990711-USA-v-Arpaio-MacArthur-Justice-Center.html …pic.twitter.com/x7rfSf2GLZ

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      7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 11 Sep 2017

        ... and from the Free Speech for People and Coalition to Preserve, Protect and Defend groups. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3990712-USA-v-Arpaio-Free-Speech-for-People.html …pic.twitter.com/ndTdXX0KHw

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      2. Orlando Gotay‏ @orlandogotay 11 Sep 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Not up to DOJ, up to the court.

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 11 Sep 2017
        Replying to @orlandogotay

        ... We know. It's a filing.

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      4. Orlando Gotay‏ @orlandogotay 11 Sep 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        I know you know, Chris. 😉 Readers unfamiliar may not be so clear.

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      1. Michael Ditto‏ @janus303 11 Sep 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        That would strike me as grade A horse shit. The sentence is moot, the conviction is not, and he has admitted guilt by accepting a pardon.

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      1. (((Lisa B 🌈)))‏ @Lisaber22416015 11 Sep 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @GottaLaff

        Christ was wrong, apparently the evil shall inherit the Earth! It just gets worse and worse. Goodbye America. I miss you.

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      1. Bill White‏ @BillNWhite 11 Sep 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        So the rumors were true - every real lawyer at DOJ is bound & gagged in a broom closet.

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      1. (((IleneToTheWrite)))‏ @IleneToTheWrite 11 Sep 2017
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        That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works!

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      1. Kerrie‏ @KEH22281 11 Sep 2017
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        I thought accepting a pardon meant admitting guilt though?

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      1. #VoteDagNabIt 😎‏ @Lonestarmomcom 11 Sep 2017
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        Wait, what? That's not how it works.

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      1. Susan Bowyer‏ @suevisa 11 Sep 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @windmillcharger

        I"m shocked that Pete Sessions would be so craven, and so racist. Shocked!

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      1. Civil Disobedience Voted Early. Voted Blue!‏ @Civldisobedient 11 Sep 2017
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        Wooooow.

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      1. Ann Lawrence‏ @amljack 11 Sep 2017
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        @TheJusticeDept This is the worse argument and reasoning for a pardon. PATHETIC AG SESSIONS PATHETIC

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      1. The Plain Truthiness‏ @plaintruthiness 11 Sep 2017
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        Trump jumped the gun to please his right wing supporters and low poll numbers. Can a president unpardon his pardon LOL?

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