Jeff Sessions 'advised Donald Trump against pardoning Joe Arpaio'

The backlash against Donald Trump’s decision to pardon a controversial sheriff intensified yesterday after it emerged that his own attorney general advised against the move and as senior Republicans lined up to condemn what they called an attack on the rule of law. On Friday, as Hurricane Harvey barrelled in towards Texas, Mr Trump announced he was pardoning Joseph Arpaio, a political ally facing jail time for refusing to obey court orders to end police patrols focusing on Latinos in Arizo