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Arizona sheriff’s re-election chances called into question

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and RYAN VAN VELZER Arizona sheriff’s re-election chances called into question Sheriff Joe Arpaio has remained politically invincible in his 22 years in office in Arizona, despite federal investigations and a history of legal woes that have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. But his latest entanglement in the courts is his toughest test yet after he acknowledged to a judge presiding over his racial-profiling case that his office was behind a secret investigation into the judge’s wife. The disclosure came as Arpaio testified in a contempt of court hearing convened after he admitted disobeying the… View Article