https://www.businessinsider.com.au/joe-arpaio-files-defamation-suits-against-media-companies-2018-12
"On Monday, former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed a defamation suit against several media companies he alleges falsely referred to him as a “convicted felon.”"
He is a convicted felon, the act of a pardon proves that.
He is far worse than that.
For Arpaio, this is more tort mongering and fraud from this epic con-man and Nazi.