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Did Trump use the cover of Hurricane Harvey to pardon Joe Arpaio?

Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd joins Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist after what's being called the "Friday-night news dump," during which President Trump granted a pardon to former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and signed a directive to ban transgender individuals from joining the military, and aide Sebastian Gorka left the Trump administration. Was President Trump and the White House hoping to use the cover of Hurricane Harvey to take coverage away from their headlines?
/ Source: TODAY

Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist after what’s being called the “Friday-night news dump,” during which President Trump granted a pardon to former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and signed a directive to ban transgender individuals from joining the military, and aide Sebastian Gorka left the Trump administration. Was President Trump and the White House hoping to use the cover of Hurricane Harvey to take coverage away from their headlines?