President Trump, facing another tough patch in his presidency, will hold his first campaign rally in the West next week, announcing Wednesday that he will travel to Arizona. The rally could provide a place for Trump to announce a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona county sheriff and Trump campaign supporter who was recently convicted of having defied a judge’s order to stop racial profiling of Latinos when he was in office. Trump told a Fox News contributor this week that he was considering a pardon, which would be broadly controversial but potentially excite some of his core supporters. But Trump is energized by his crowds and has relished the opportunity to go off-script amid supporters. His campaign announced that next week's rally will take place Tuesday night in Phoenix.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 16, 2017 12:40 UTC