Thread: Arpaio done cooperating with DOJ

Arpaio done cooperating with DOJ

Updated 4 hours, 41 minutes ago.

PHOENIX - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said in a press conference Tuesday that he is done cooperating with the U.S Department of Justice's investigation of his office.

The DOJ has been investigating the sheriff's office on allegations that Arpaio and his deputies have been racially profiling the Hispanic community.

Arpaio and Washington D.C based attorney Robert Driscoll filed a request with the DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility to investigate what appears to be a politically motivated investigation alleging the use of racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. They are still waiting for a response to that request.

"This case puts the constitutionality of the 287g program squarely into question and is therefore incumbent upon the federal government to defend its own statutes. Instead, the federal government is choosing to go after the Sheriff's Office and the deputies who enforce their statute to the letter" Driscoll said.

The sheriff's office said the DOJ conducted unethical acts when a federal community relations employee reported that he was contacted by attorneys from the Justice Department about the case.

The sheriff says communication between his office and the federal community relations employee is protected by federal statutes.

Arpaio voiced his concerns about the ethical questionability surrounding the U.S DOJ's investigation, and he is equally troubled by the political nature of it.

"After serving with the Department of Justice for nearly 30 years as a ranking official with the Drug Enforcement Administration, it is difficult for me to ask for an investigation into the Department of Justice. However, I must take a stand and not bow down to the federal government like every other law enforcement agency that has been intimidated by investigation" Arpaio said.

Arpaio says the agency wants him to allow them free access to the entire office so they can dig around for something to make their case. He says that's not going to happen.

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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said in a press conference Tuesday that he is done cooperating with the U.S Department of Justice's investigation of his office.
"After serving with the Department of Justice for nearly 30 years as a ranking official with the Drug Enforcement Administration, it is difficult for me to ask for an investigation into the Department of Justice. However, I must take a stand and not bow down to the federal government like every other law enforcement agency that has been intimidated by investigation" Arpaio said.

Arpaio says the agency wants him to allow them free access to the entire office so they can dig around for something to make their case. He says that's not going to happen.

Sheriff Joe is hilarious. The US Dept of Justice just needs to give it up and find a new target.

Sheriff Joe just doesn't back down!!! I love that guy!!

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I would not cooperate with them either.

I wish we had 10000 more like Joe.

Attorney Driscoll has pinpointed their strategy:

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""This case puts the constitutionality of the 287g program squarely into question and is therefore incumbent upon the federal government to defend its own statutes."

Because the 287g program is effective, popular with the American people, and was growing rapidly in use by local law enforcement, they are going to try to find a way to have it declared "unconstitutional"! (Since Congress restored much of its funding which the Democrats had tried to cut.)

Go, Sheriff Joe - another of the "Last Americans Standing".

Sheriff Joe is in my prayers. He is under the constant eye of the criminal political elites because he loves America and is intent on doing his job, and the low life investigators that are watching him are as crooked as the day is long. Ironic, the investigators should be in Sheriff Joe's jail and he should be watching them!

The DOJ has been investigating the sheriff's office on allegations that Arpaio and his deputies have been racially profiling the Hispanic community.

Arpaio and Washington D.C based attorney Robert Driscoll filed a request with the DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility to investigate what appears to be a politically motivated investigation alleging the use of racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. They are still waiting for a response to that request.

Given that well over 90% of American immigration law violators are of Hispanic descent, there can be no legitimate claim of racial profiling; therefore the claim of being victims of racial profiling, is in point of fact, “off the table.â€

Maybe the DOJ should run on over to the DEA for an investigation. Are they profiling.

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