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The president at the time, president george w. bush, gaifr him clemency from jail time. the president says, i don't know, mknow mr. libby, but for years i've heard he was treated unfairly. hopefully this will help rectify a sad part of his life. the first member of congress to endorse donald trump for the presidency, congressman, thank you for joining us. what's your reaction to this decision, in effect rejecting the recommendation, rejecting what president george w. bush did at going ahead and giving scooter libby this full pardon? >> clearly a lot of years have passed, and it's the prerogati...

Sessions if he could drop charges against arpaio. when he was told that would be inappropriate, he decided to grant him clemency. the white house confirmed that post report saying it was a normal discussion on legal matters. as a reminder, arpaio was convicted for ignoring a judge's order to stop detaining people of color that he felt looked like undocumented immigrants. he was facing up to six months in prison, but will not serve any sentence now. joining me, joe arpaio's attorney, jack wilenchik. what is joe arpaio feeling like today? >> well, as you heard, he expects to make some public sta...

Man that would never seen the inside of a jail cell had he not chose to serve his country and that is sad. >> that is sad. let's see what brigadeer general does because he decides whether or not this court-martial stands or he could grant him clemency. that would be a fantastic thing. >> i'm hoping and believing and praying that he will do that based on the evidence that i've seen, anna, we're going to stay on this. >> we really appreciate it. our family is praying that the general will do the right thing. >> all right. anna, we thank you very much, and peter johnson, jr., who i know will stay...

In missouri this government has not been too lenient with clemencies. in other states like illinois the governor ordered 900 clemency. in missouri we had two. what i think his attorney will reach out to say to the governor, look, this man is a great guy. he hasn't done anything wrong. was burden really on him? isn't the burden on the state? he is out on bail to come and arrest him as they did? that, these are the questions that are being, you know looked at to say look, governor, can you just grant him clemency. he will be out on probation. he is happy and has a lovely family and business will...

Instead of like i said sticking around to face the music. unlike, for example, daniel elsburg who allowed himself to be subjected to prosecution. while i think "the new york times" has been right, there's been some value in the public discussion and the revelations. that we will grant him clemency. wouldn't just be ridiculous to award snowden from being a fugitive from justice. it would encourage every other who thinks about spilling government -- >> that was the first reaction i had. what kind of a precedent do we set? now you're empowering everything who works in the intelligence field, the ...