no, not the way it s characterized. i will say this. i have been making this case on the judiciary committee, on the airwaves, and i don t remember if i ve written about it or not. i m concerned americans believe the broader definition, not racial profiling but profiling itself, that they believe somehow there s a federal law against it and that it s wrong. i want to make the point it s necessary for law enforcement. it gets slippery. to categorize the people they re looking for. it gets slippery. yes. and that s why there s a directive from the justice department. i think that s an appropriate directive. and the sheriff flouted it. why is it a slippery slope? you ve lived this slippery slope. because when you start learning about some, you start judging all. and that s where the cantaloupe came from, right? i know you ve apologized for it. i know you said it was taken out of context. no, that s not right, chris, but i m a little surprise you d brought that up. it was abo
good to see you, as always, congressman. justify the pardon. what is your case? well, i watched this unfold, chris, from my seat on the judiciary committee in the house of representatives. we had democrats in majority and we had president obama elected. and i saw that justice department react to what i thought was a political statements of the democrats on the judiciary committee and start to put the squeeze on joe arpaio because they didn t want enforcement of our immigration laws down in maricopa county. i made a trip down there to visit sheriff joe. i wanted to see what was going on. i talked to him at length about his process and his words to me were he was avoiding any kind of ethnic profiling. it s really not race but ethnic profiling, and he was compiling with the law. he had a 287-g agreement. he also had over a period of
law. again, the president has the right to pardon basically anyone he wants to. the question is whether or not it was right to reward joe arpaio for something the federal court found to be wrong. there s the issue. let s discuss it. we have congressman steve king, republican from iowa supports the pardon of sheriff arpaio. good to see you, as always, congressman. justify the pardon. what is your case? well, i watched this unfold, chris, from my seat on the judiciary committee in the house of representatives. we had democrats in majority and we had president obama elected. and i saw that justice department react to what i thought was a political statement so the democrats on the judiciary committee and start to put the squeeze on joe arpaio because they didn t want enforcement of our immigration laws in maricopa county. i made a trip down there to visit sheriff joe. i wanted to see what was going on. i talked to him at length about his process and his words to me
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judiciary committee on ethics investigation looks into sexual-harassment allegations of payments to keep the allegations confidential. conyers denied those the allegations but said in a statement i very much look forward to vindicating myself and my families before the house committee on ethics. to be clear would like to remain as ranking member. he went on to say i cannot in good conscience allow these charges to undermine my colleagues from the democratic caucus and my friends on both sides of the aisle in the judiciary committee in the house of representatives. right after that came out, leader pelosi put out a statement saying zero-tolerance remains in as the investigation, they have agreed to step aside as ranking member. on the senate side, al franken will do three different interviews today about allegations that he and grabbed