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Source: Associated Press
PHOENIX Apr 24, 2015, 3:02 PM ET
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and RYAN VAN VELZER Associated Press
An Arizona lawman who calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff" has been put in a tough spot by a federal judge who could hold him in contempt for violating orders in a racial profiling case.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio acknowledged under oath Thursday that his office was behind a secret investigation of the judge's wife.
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Arpaio said he believes his former lawyer had hired a private investigator to investigate Snow's wife after she was overheard at a restaurant saying the judge didn't want to see Arpaio re-elected.
"We weren't investigating you," Arpaio said. "We were investigating some comments that came to our attention."
The judge didn't immediately respond to the revelation and showed no emotion as he questioned the sheriff.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arizona-sheriff-acknowledges-investigation-judges-wife-30548730
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)for the Karma train.
That lil pipsqueak thinks he is the center of the universe, doesn't he?
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REP
(21,691 posts)I'm not sure how/where it's available but it's worth finding. I saw it when it aired and it's unsparing.
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)law. Since they hired a private detective Arpaio should stay out of trouble as long as he didn't use the sheriff's dept. However, that isn't the only time he's investigated his enemies. He used the sheriff's department to investigate several people who were trying to investigate his department. That investigation included reporters and city council people.
panader0
(25,816 posts)The article was about corruption in the Maricopa County Sheriff's department.
He lost the law suit.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2013/12/joe_arpaio_loses_new_times_co-.php