so by issuing a pardon on friday night to former sheriff joe arpaio, president trump got joe arpaio to confess his guilt by accepting that pardon. 102 years ago, the united states supreme court said that a pardon, quote, carries an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it. so one thing that you don't hear from presidents who issue pardons is that the person pardoned did nothing wrong because the person pardoned has just admitted guilt. but that's what president trump seems to want us to believe about joe arpaio. in a brief press conference with the president of finland today, president trump offered a childish defense of his pardon of joe arpaio. the president didn't actually defend his pardon as much as he attacked what he said were the bad pardons issued by previous