Posted on 09/02/2010 5:43:36 PM PDT by Nachum
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Thursday the Justice Department "sandbagged" him with the lawsuit it filed earlier in the day against him. The Justice Department claims in its suit that the controversial Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics. It surprises me because our lawyers have been meeting with the Justice Department officials the last week and we were cooperating," Arpaio told Fox News' Neil Cavuto.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Joe usedta wuz a Fed and seems to know the law and make sure it is followed.
It is his..
..he is the highest elected law enforcement official in the county, so it is his duty to rid his county of riff-raff and other undesirables...like some verminous attorney general scum.
Excellent report. Thank you for posting.
What you and I may see as “deliberate incompetence” may also be construed as the BP and the NG really having other alternative plans.
They’re not interested in keeping illegals out. Ha! That’s a joke. And they’re not interested in protecting the ranchers nor the citizens of Arizona.
So why are they there?
As I said. To enforce - with force as necessary - the will of Obama, Holder and other Federal goons who seek to overthrow the will of the people of the state of Arizona.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
100 West Washington, Suite 1900
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Joe Arpaio
Sheriff
Ph: 602-876-1801 602-876-1801
Fax: 602-251-3877
Switchboard: 602-876-1000 602-876-1000
www.mcso.org
The following is an official statement by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio regarding today’s lawsuit filed against his office by the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C. for alleged refusal to turn over documents. It is followed by another statement from his Washington, D.C. attorney, Bob Driscoll.
“The Obama administration has filed three lawsuits against Arizona in the last few weeks ... one against a college district, one against the state of Arizona and now one
against my office. Each lawsuit centers on something to do with alleged racial discrimination.
These actions make it abundantly clear that Arizona, including this Sheriff, IS Washington’s new whipping boy. Now it’s time to take the gloves off.
As for today’s lawsuit against my office: These people in Washington met with my attorneys only a few days ago. And in that meeting, Washington got our
cooperation; they admitted they already have thousands of pages of the requested documents; and they were given access to interview my staff and get into my jails.
They smiled in our faces and then stabbed us in the back with this lawsuit. The Obama administration intended to sue us all along, no matter what we did to try to
avert it. Washington isn’t playing fair and it’s time Americans everywhere wake up and see this administration for what it really is. Calculating, underhanded at times and
certainly not looking out for the best interests of the legal citizens residing in this country. “
STATEMENT OF ROBERT N. DRISCOLL,
COUNSEL TO SHERIFF JOSEPH ARPAIO AND THE MARICOPA
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
“Today’s lawsuit by the Department of Justice is part of a deliberate media strategy to “get tough” on Sheriff Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and undermine immigration enforcement by a local Sheriff who is trying
desperately to make up for this Administration’s own indifference to the topic.
The DOJ suit speaks loudly by what it does not say. It does not allege that Sheriff Arpaio or the MCSO have discriminated against anyone because the DOJ, after 18
months of soliciting allegations against Sheriff Arpaio, has come up empty. Even the purported basis for the suit, which alleges a lack of “cooperation,” is a sham.
In fact, after meeting with the DOJ last week, just last Friday, on behalf of MCSO, I informed the DOJ that MCSO would cooperate with all reasonable document requests and would schedule tours of MCSO facilities and interviews with senior MCSO command staff. We were awaiting a response from DOJ, and this lawsuit is apparently it. Clearly DOJ is more interested filing its third lawsuit in as many weeks against Arizona defendants than in looking into the allegations that purportedly gave rise to its investigation. This lawsuit is nothing more than an
attempt to obscure the fact that DOJ still has no case. Today’s suit over documents does not change that.”
CONTACT: ROBERT N. DRISCOLL (202) 239-3470 (202) 239-3470
Source:
( This is the perfect case for a discovery order request for Obama’s long form birth certificate!...Candor7)
“Would it be an exaggeration to say that we are witnessing a virtual declaration of war against United States citizens by the Obama administration at the same time it is defending criminal non-citizens?”
No.
The greatest irony of this entire mess has to be how these local sheriffs MUST enforce Federal drug laws.... but are not allowed to enforce ENDANGERED SPECIES laws, PROPERTY RIGHTS laws, and certainly not IMMIGRATION LAWS!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2582297/posts?page=12#12
What a bunch of idiots. When that sob can give us a clue (as if he had one) as to just how to go about eliminating dust in the desert, we will comply.
We have a collection of mental lightweights in the BlackHouse!. I bet they have to do more extensive repairs than after Clinton.
Thanks Nachum.
Excellent post. To me, it feels like it’s been five years since the Olympics in China in 2008, because so much bad news has happened since then both economically and politically, and there’s been so much turmoil in the financial markets and the banking system.
Joe has had at least 3 in-depth investigations into allegations of civil rights violations. The feds have NEVER gotten one charge, never name conviction. This is harrassment pure and simple!
The Arizona AJ who is the Democrat candidate for governor kept pushing “comprehensive reform,” when all it means is the permanent establishment of Mexican colonies in the United States.
What these local sheriffs in AZ ought to do is say we will not enforce any federal laws period. Including tax evasion.
bump
BTTT
bump for AM phone calls...
YES HE DOES ASAP.. the AZ government said today that they would not fund his defense.
Did I miss anyone?
Leni
The HUGE mistake Obama and Holder has made is their imagined “Civilian National Security Force” can't be constituted now because they spent all the possible money needed to pay for these mercenaries on the pet wet dreams of Pelosi, Reid, and the Democrats. Guess what? There is no money left to build a force “equally funded as the US Military”.
Yes, Barry/Barack/Soetoro/Hussein/Whatever/Obama.
Video is a REAL b*tch.
There is no money left to build a force
We allow state to enforce murder laws, and federal prosecutions follow.
States are allowed to go first and prosecute, convict, and sentence for this crime...
Then the feds have their chance to do the same (double jeopardy IS allowed)
Same thing should hold true for immigration enforcement.
I would guess that hispanics qualify for Arpaio’s jail in direct proportion to the amount of crimes they commit. Same for any race or ethnic group.
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