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Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been convicted of criminal contempt.
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Republic reporters Megan Cassidy and Richard Ruelas take us through the conviction and what it means for the former Maricopa County sheriff. Sean Logan/azcentral.com
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Immigrant-rights group Puente Human Rights Movement praises a federal judge’s ruling finding Sheriff Joe Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt of court. Sam Caravana/azcentral.com
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Noemi Romero, 26, reacts to the announcement that Sheriff Joe Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt of court. Romero, 26, is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico and was arrested in Arpaio raid. Nick Oza/azcentral.com
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Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his attorneys emerge from the federal courthouse following the first day of his criminal contempt trial. David Kadlubowski/azcentral.com
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The former Maricopa County sheriff emerges as head of a conservative non-profit.
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Arizona Republic columnist Ed Montini weighs in on Sherff Joe Arpaio’s re-election loss. Video by azcentral
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With a federal judge’s signature on a proposed order initially submitted by prosecutors Oct. 17, the deal is sealed: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is criminally charged with federal contempt of court.
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Viridiana Hernandez talks about the “Arrest Arpaio Not the People” anti-Sheriff Joe Arpaio protest, which was held outside Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix. Nick Oza/azcentral.com
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s attorney Mel Mcdonald addresses the media outside the federal courthouse in Phoenix. Nick Oza/azcentral.com
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Protesters demonstrate against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio outside federal court on Oct. 11, 2016. azcentral.com
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Maricopa County Supervisors on Sept. 21 approved an extra $4.5 million in legal fees to cover costs with a long-running racial-profiling case involving the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
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The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is eliminating pay raises for some of its jail detention staff to help foot the growing bill for a racial-profiling case, but they considered several other options, including closing the famous Tent City jail.
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A federal judge issued sweeping reforms over the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s internal affairs division, stripping its leaders of autonomy over disciplinary actions related to the long-running racial-profiling case against the agency.
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A federal judge has found Sheriff Joe Arpaio in civil contempt of federal court.
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A presidential pardon may be imminent for former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, according to a Fox News interview with President Donald Trump posted Monday morning.
Arpaio, 85, was convicted of criminal contempt two weeks ago after a judge found he had defied a court order intended to stamp out his signature immigration patrols.
Arpaio last week told The Arizona Republic he would accept a pardon from Trump, but wasn’t going to ask for it. He wondered aloud whether the president had yet caught wind of his legal woes.
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It appears he has.
“I am seriously considering a pardon for Sheriff Arpaio,” the president reportedly told Fox News at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. “He has done a lot in the fight against illegal immigration. He’s a great American patriot and I hate to see what has happened to him.”
Arpaio is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 5 and could spend up to six months in jail. Though his attorneys are planning on appealing the conviction, a presidential pardon would be the swiftest exit from the case.
Trump told the network the pardon could come as early as this week.
“Is there anyone in local law enforcement who has done more to crack down on illegal immigration than Sheriff Joe?” Trump told the Fox reporter. “He has protected people from crimes and saved lives. He doesn’t deserve to be treated this way.”
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Arpaio was one of the earliest and most vocal champions of Trump during the presidential campaign, and he introduced Trump at Mesa and Fountain Hills rallies. The former Maricopa County sheriff also stumped for his political ally across the country, traveling to Cleveland last year to speak at the Republican National Convention and to Washington D.C., in January for his inauguration.
“I have not called (Trump) on this issue,” Arpaio said last week. “I’m sure I could. … I’m with him, pardon no pardon, and not asking him.”
The two share hard-line stances on illegal immigration and seem to have a warm personal relationship, as well. In a December interview with The Republic, Arpaio fondly recounted how Trump personally called to check in when he heard Arpaio’s wife, Ava, had cancer.
Arpaio last week made his rounds in local media and conservative news sites, posing the issue of a pardon and reigniting a long-standing conversation about whether Trump will flex his executive powers for his political buddy.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton last month used Arpaio’s own words to find that he had intentionally flouted a 2011 federal judge’s order stemming from a racial-profiling case against the office.
The order directed deputies to either arrest or release those they believed to be in the country illegally. Essentially, they could detain individuals if only they were suspected of a state crime.
But federal prosecutors said Arpaio’s deputies continued rounding up people without evidence of a state crime, turning over more than 170 to federal immigration authorities.
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