Justice Department Will Probe Metro Phoenix Sheriff Arpaio

[TrueBlue]

Justice Department Will Probe Metro Phoenix Sheriff Arpaio
By Walter Berry, Associated Press

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/justice-department-probe-metro-phoenix-sheriff-arpaio-41682283

"The investigation and possible prosecution of metropolitan Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/immigration/sheriff-joe-arpaio.htm) will be handled by the U.S. Justice Department (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/justice-department.htm) after federal prosecutors in Arizona asked to be removed because of unspecified conflicts of interest, according to a court filing made public Friday."


"U.S. District Judge Murray Snow ruled last Friday that another judge should decide if Arpaio and others should be held in criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring court orders in a racial profiling case. Snow also said there was probable cause to believe Arpaio intentionally failed to turn over records that he had promised, under oath, to give to a court official."

"Snow also wanted another judge to determine whether sheriff's Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan, Capt. Steve Bailey and former Arpaio attorney Michele Iafrate violated orders in concealing nearly 1,500 IDs in an internal investigation into whether officers pocketed items from people during traffic stops."



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Thanks to ABC News for this report.

Imho, It sure sounds like they have a good solid case here against the sheriff. It's great news to hear that the U.S. Justice Department is finally moving on this matter! What was done to those folks with the profiling, etc. was very wrong and justice has to be done for them. I hope the case can now move quickly through the courts and those responsible held fully accountable without reservation.

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[Mr. Right]

Ya think they'll be as thourough with Joe as they were with Hillary?

[TrueBlue]

Ya think they'll be as thourough with Joe as they were with Hillary?
They sure appear to have good evidence against Joe and rather scant against Hillary!

[Tahuyaman]

The current justice department is a tool for the partisan left.

The blatant partisanship demonstrated by this justice department can be easily solved. The Attorney General should be a stand alone elected position. The AG should not serve at the pleasure of the president. He or she should be accountable only to the American people, not just one person.

There's a mountain of evidence against Hillary Clinton and the justice department is too partisan to hold her accountable.

We need an AG who is independent and not beholding to another hard partisan.

[exploited]

What does this have to do with Hillary Clinton?

All people should be celebrating this man's downfall. He is a liar, a crook and a thief, one of the most corrupt police officers out there.

[MisterVeritis]

Justice Department Will Probe Metro Phoenix Sheriff Arpaio
By Walter Berry, Associated Press

Trueblue, we already know the (in)Justice Department is a corrupt political tool. Thanks.

[valley ranch]

The justice department has been turned into a government gang that can ignore dishonesty or attack for political ends.

Let's hope we an American loving president, that would be Donald Trump will be elected, he'll clean that out.

[Subdermal]

What does this have to do with Hillary Clinton?

All people should be celebrating this man's downfall. He is a liar, a crook and a thief, one of the most corrupt police officers out there.

...while the other face says that Hillary is a peach.

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - ya can't keep a good man down...
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Federal judge dismisses challenge to Trump's pardon of ex-sheriff Arpaio
Oct. 5, 2017 -- A U.S. federal judge dismissed Wednesday a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and several other civil rights groups that argued President Donald Trump's pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio was unconstitutional.


U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton dismissed the case against the pardon with prejudice, meaning the plaintiffs cannot refile. Arpaio had been found guilty of criminal contempt in a court case involving his part in racial profiling of Latin immigrants in Maricopa County, Ariz. Trump issued a pardon for the 85-year-old ex-sheriff in August.
In a 14-page ruling, Bolton said she found no legal grounds to deny the presidential pardon.

Bolton was the judge who originally found Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt for refusing to obey another judge's orders to stop profiling undocumented migrants in Maricopa County. Arpaio did not attend the Wednesday hearing, but commented on the ruling to the Arizona Republic. "I'm happy the conviction was dismissed, especially since I am not guilty and I will be addressing that issue in the near future," he said.


https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi/6221507175480/2017/1/6368088dcb39cdc97244dca4bbe6cb29/Federal-judge-dismisses-challenge-to-Trumps-pardon-of-ex-sheriff-Arpaio.jpg
A federal judge on Wednesday approved President Donald Trump's pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was found guilty of criminal contempt and stepped down as sheriff.

After Trump's pardon, the ACLU criticized the move, calling it a "presidential endorsement of racism" before filing its lawsuit. "With his pardon of Arpaio, Trump has chosen lawlessness over justice, division over unity, hurt over healing," said ACLU Deputy Legal Director Cecillia Wang. "Once again, the president has acted in support of illegal, failed immigration enforcement practices that target people of color and have been struck down by the courts."

House Democrats filed an amicus brief last month urging Bolton to deny the pardon. "The pardon here is an intentional usurpation of the court's authority by the president," the letter stated. "President Trump does not pretend that his pardon of the defendant is based upon the considerations of grace that usually justify the exercise of the pardon power."

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/10/05/Federal-judge-dismisses-challenge-to-Trumps-pardon-of-ex-sheriff-Arpaio/6221507175480/?utm_source=upi&utm_campaign=mp&utm_medium=1

[Tahuyaman]

Lol....

[waltky]

Ariz. judges Susan Bolton refuses to erase Sheriff Joe Arpaio's conviction...
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Federal judge refuses to erase Arpaio's conviction from court records
Oct. 19, 2017 -- Former Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio received a pardon from President Donald Trump, but the judge who found him guilty of criminal contempt has refused to wipe evidence of his conviction off the record.


The presidential pardon assures that Arpaio is protected from prosecution, but his attorneys and the Justice Department had asked Judge Susan Ritchie Bolton to have her rulings vacated from the court.


https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi/8511508468971/2017/1/c8fa38ccd67cf0632faa5e230fe50e2a/Federal-judge-refuses-to-erase-Arpaios-conviction-from-court-records.jpg
A federal judge in Arizona has refused to expunge a contempt conviction against former Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio, even though he's received a pardon from President Donald Trump.

Bolton denied the request. "The power to pardon is an executive prerogative of mercy, not of judicial record keeping," she wrote in her ruling. "To vacate all rulings in this case would run afoul of this important distinction. The court found defendant guilty of criminal contempt. "The pardon undoubtedly spared [Arpaio] from any punishment that might otherwise have been imposed. It did not, however, 'revise the historical facts' of this case." Arpaio insists he will keep fighting to have the record of his conviction erased. "It's not going to be dropped," the 85-year-old former sheriff told Capitol Media Services.

Arpaio attorney Jack Wilenchik said his client wants the conviction expunged because he was not entitled to a jury trial -- and if he had been, he believes Arpaio would have won. Arpaio's team said it will appeal Bolton's ruling on grounds that she misstated facts in a previous presidential pardon case involving former President Bill Clinton, which she used as legal precedent for her ruling.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/10/19/Federal-judge-refuses-to-erase-Arpaios-conviction-from-court-records/8511508468971/?utm_source=upi&utm_campaign=mp&utm_medium=5