President Donald Trump is seriously considering pardoning Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, according to Fox News .

In July, Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt for violating the terms of a 2011 court order in a racial profiling case. Arpaio is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5 and faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a fine, according to Reuters.

Trump, who spoke with Fox News while on a working vacation at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, said he could pardon Arpaio within days.

He has done a lot in the fight against illegal immigration, Trump said . Hes a great American patriot and I hate to see what has happened to him.

Arpaio gave himself the nickname Americas toughest sheriff while working in Maricopa County, where he operated a tent city jail and made inmates wear pink underwear and uniforms featuring stars and stripes .