Justice Department will probe Sheriff Joe Arpaio

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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]

1. Hmmm, this could be good news...

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.

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2. One conflict is that Sheriff's deputies are sometimes witnesses in federal prosecutions.

[Massacure]

6. I don't think he'll be spending any time in tents

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.

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9. The tents are for county and municipal inmates serving less than a year in jail, not prison.

[jberryhill]

3. I hope it is with something hot and sharp

[msanthrope]

7. I immediately thought of Edward II. nt

[hunter]

4. Probe? Preferably with a cholla cactus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindropuntia

[Coyotl]

5. He is Maricopa County Sheriff. Phoenix does not have a sheriff.

And he may not be sheriff for much longer. Time to rid the USA of racist public officials.

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10. Correct. Phoenix is in Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe and his jails are in Phoenix.

[Egnever]

8. Awesome headline!