Joe Arpaio—the former Maricopa County sheriff whose 24-year tenure was defined by virulent racial profiling, resurrecting chain gangs, and generally running his department like an old-timey vigilante squad shooting Colt .45s into the constitution—would like his old job back.
then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an attempt to see if somehow the Obama administration had something to do with it, an absurd request from a very small man that went nowhere.
To further refresh your memory, the reason Arpaio, 87, is allowed to announce another bid for sheriff despite practicing a slew of baldly racist horrors is because Donald Trump pardoned him on August 25, 2017, exactly two years before Arpaio announced his latest candidacy. Arpaio also ran for Arizona Senate in 2018 and was thoroughly trounced by his fellow Republicans (Kyrsten Sinema,
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