White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Thursday that no decision has been reached on whether to pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, despite President Trump’s openly floating the possibility.

Sanders said at a press briefing that a pardon of the 85-year-old immigration hardliner likely would go through a standard Justice Department vetting process, which features review by the Office of the Pardon Attorney and an FBI background check.

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