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source: AZCentral
" The investigation and possible prosecution of metropolitan Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be handled by the U.S. Justice Department after federal prosecutors in Arizona asked to be removed because of unspecified conflicts of interest, according to a court filing made public Friday.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for Arizona said in its brief filing in U.S. District Court in Phoenix that the case has been assigned to the Justice Department's criminal division, public integrity section.
The filing cited "existing conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest pertaining to the matter" for Arizona's federal prosecutors, but it did not provide details.
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more at: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/08/26/justice-department-probe-sheriff-joe-arpaio/89443454/
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)If the local justice offices are tired of covering for his assholiness, maybe the Feds can make something stick.
Would love to see him in one of his own tents.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)Massacure
(7,525 posts)The thing to remember with this case is Sheriff Arpaio is in hot water with Judge Snow, and that judge Snow is a judge for a United States District Court in the District of Arizona. The maximum penalties for criminal contempt in a federal case are a $1000 fine and 6 months imprisonment. If Arpaio is required to serve a prison sentence, I suspect that it would be at the Tucson Federal Correctional Complex, which has has a minimum security camp.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)hunter
(38,317 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)And he may not be sheriff for much longer. Time to rid the USA of racist public officials.