the pardon was a slap to those who worked through the judicial system to make arpaio accountable arizona newspaper editorial says joe arpaio pardon shows institutional racism is trumps goal he has long faced questions about his ties to nazi sympathizers and farright hungarian political groups controversial trump adviser sebastian gorka leaves white house having his security clearance revoked would have made it impossible for gorka to continue in his white house job report kelly revoked gorkas security clearance while he was on vacation the selfdeclared law and order president backs a man who defied a court order trump pardons former sheriff joe arpaio who illegally targeted latinos