Article snippet: White House in The Atlantic, "He's pardoned a law enforcement official who terrorized the Latino community, violated its constitutional rights, defied a federal court order to stop and ran a prison system so rife with torture and abuse he himself called it a concentration camp.” “Well, Vice President Biden is both loved and known for his hyperbole. I think that's another example of it,” Bossert responded, repeating, “I think the Arpaio pardon is pretty straightforward… I'm pretty certain, too, George, that this is not something that is going to threaten our constitutional order.” When pressed by Stephanopoulos on the president's calling Arpaio a “patriot” and praising his “admirable service” despite his conviction for defying a judge's order, Bossert responded, “I think there's a clemency argument that can be made for the long history of service both in the United States military and in law enforcement for the sheriff. I think the president's been pretty clear, it's pretty straightforward that he believes that that long history of service merits this clemency and he's acted accordingly.” Stephanopoulos also asked Bossert about the president's threat to shut down the federal government by not signing spending bills if Congress fails to fund construction of a wall along the Mexico border. "The president promised repeatedly during the campaign that Mexico is going to pay for that wall," Stephanopoulos said. "So why should the government shut down over a wall... Link to the full article to read more