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class="media__caption el__storyelement__title"><span class="el__storyelement__header">Trump vows support for flood victims </span> <span class="el__storyelement__gray">03:02</span></div></div></div></div></section></div><div class="pg-rail-tall__body" itemprop="articleBody"><section class="zn zn-body-text zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-22-containers" data-eq-pts="xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100" id="body-text" data-vr-zone="zone-1-0" data-zone-label="bodyText" data-containers="22" id="body-text" data-zn-id="body-text"><div class="l-container"><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--storyhighlights"><div class="el__storyhighlights_wrapper"><div class="el__storyhighlights"><h3 class="el__headline">Story highlights</h3><ul class="el__storyhighlights__list"><li class="el__storyhighlights__item el__storyhighlights--normal">Trump defended his decision to pardon Arpaio</li><li class="el__storyhighlights__item el__storyhighlights--normal">"I assumed the ratings would be far higher," Trump said</li></ul></div><div class="ad ad--epic" data-ad-text="show"><div id="ad_ns_btf_01" class="ad-ad_ns_btf_01 ad-refresh-default"></div></div></div></div><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable"><cite class="el-editorial-source">Washington (CNN)</cite>President Donald Trump defended his decision to pardon former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio as <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/28/us/harvey-houston-texas-louisiana/index.html">Hurricane Harvey hammered the Texas coast</a>, insisting during a news conference on Monday the timing was intended to draw attention.</p></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">"I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally," he said of his decision to go forward with the announcement as the nation's focus was diverted to the massive storm.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">The pardon has drawn criticism from civil rights groups and even some Republicans, who have lamented the move sparing the controversial Arizona lawman from a jail term.</div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--mobile" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="mobile" data-ad-refresh="default"><div id="ad_rect_atf_02" class="ad-ad_rect_atf_02 ad-refresh-default"></div></div></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--tablet" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="tablet" data-ad-refresh="default"></div></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--desktop" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="desktop" data-ad-refresh="default"></div></div><ul class="cn cn-list-hierarchical-xs cn--idx-5 cn-zoneAdContainer" data-layout="list-hierarchical-xs"></ul><div class="zn-body__paragraph">But Trump was unrepentant Monday, insisting Arpaio's hardline tactics were justified.</div><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--standard"><div 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He's very strong on borders, very strong on illegal immigration," Trump said at an afternoon news conference with his Finnish counterpart. "He is loved in Arizona. I thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly."</div><div class="zn-body__read-more"><div class="read-more-gradient"></div><div class="read-more-button"><div class="read-more-link" id="js-body-read-more">Read More</div></div></div><div class="zn-body__read-all"><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt last month for ignoring a court order in a racial profiling case. He's been accused for years of violating basic human rights in his prisons, but Trump insisted on Monday he was no worse than Americans who'd been granted clemency by previous presidents.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">"Sheriff Joe is a great veteran of the military, great law enforcement person," he said, going on to list controversial clemency decisions made by past presidents, including President Bill Clinton's decision to pardon Marc Rich, the husband of a top donor, and President Barack Obama's decision to commute to sentence of Chelsea Manning, who leaked classified information to Wikileaks.</div><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--fullstandardwidth"><div class="el__storyelement--fullstandardwidth el__article--embed"><div class="el__article--teaseimage"><a href="/2017/08/28/politics/trump-arpaio-judges/index.html" ><img class="media__image media__image--responsive" alt="Judges remain silent as Trump pardons Arpaio" data-src-mini="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170825201443-02-joe-arpaio-small-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170825201443-02-joe-arpaio-medium-plus-169.jpg" data-src-small="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170825201443-02-joe-arpaio-large-169.jpg" data-src-medium="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170825201443-02-joe-arpaio-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-large="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170825201443-02-joe-arpaio-super-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170825201443-02-joe-arpaio-full-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170825201443-02-joe-arpaio-small-11.jpg"  data-demand-load="not-loaded" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7"><div class="img__preloader"></div><noscript><img alt="Judges remain silent as Trump pardons Arpaio" class="media__image" src="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170825201443-02-joe-arpaio-large-169.jpg"></noscript></a></div><div class="media__caption el__storyelement__title"><span class="el__storyelement__header"><a href="/2017/08/28/politics/trump-arpaio-judges/index.html">Judges remain silent as Trump pardons Arpaio</a></span></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Trump even suggested Obama pardoned Manning -- "horrible thing that he did, commuted the sentence and perhaps pardoned," he said -- though Obama only reduced Manning's prison sentence, and did not offer her a full pardon.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Trump's pardon of Arpaio was his first use of presidential clemency powers, which are sweeping and don't require consultation among other administration agencies.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">The Justice Department said on Friday that Trump did not consult with lawyers there before announcing the decision to pardon Arpaio.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">The decision drew backlash even from some members of Trump's own party, including Arizona's two Republican senators and House Speaker Paul Ryan.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">But Trump was defiant on Monday.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">"Sheriff Joe is a patriot. Sheriff Joe loves our country. Sheriff Joe protected our borders. And Sheriff Joe was very unfairly treated by the Obama administration," Trump said. 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