Joe Arpaio’s lawyers compare Democrats to Internet trolls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Friday, September 29, 2017 Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio ’s lawyers compared congressional Democrats to Internet trolls Thursday night, and said the way the judge is handling the case against Mr. Arpaio had turned embarrassing. In a document filed with the court, the lawyers said that Judge Susan Bolton ’s had allowed the case to become farcical with the latest brief this week from top House Democrats, who urged the judge to ignore President Trump ’s pardon. “This case is fast turning into the judicial equivalent of an online ‘comments’ section,” Mr. Arpaio said through his lawyers. The former Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff had thought he was in the clear after Mr. Trump ’s pardon last month, but Judge Bolton has refused so far to grant his request to have his record expunged. In keeping him twisting, she has also given a slew of anti- Trump and anti- Arpaio activists, including some of the country’s most prominent