Court picks prosecutor to defend ruling on Arpaio’s pardon

PHOENIX (AP) — A Los Angeles attorney has been appointed as a special prosecutor in an appeal over former metro Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s pardon after President Donald Trump’s Justice Department refused to handle the case.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday picked Christopher G. Caldwell to argue in support of a lower-court judge’s ruling that dismissed the lawman’s case but refused to erase his criminal record after the pardon was issued.
Arpaio was conv