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Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:31 PM Aug 2016

Montini: Arpaio turns criminal contempt referral into ... a fundraising opportunity?

source: AZCentral

" You've got to give him points for originality.

Or for gall.

Or for delusion.

Take your pick. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has decided that Judge Murray Snow's decision to refer Arpaio's civil contempt offenses to the U.S. Attorney's office to consider filing a criminal complaint against him has become a fundraising tool for Arpaio's campaign.

He blames his troubles -- brought on by his own racial profiling policies -- on the ACLU, the justice department and, of course, Obama.
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read entire column at: http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2016/08/25/montini-maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio/89347422/

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