Day 3 of Arpaio contempt hearing
Arpaio critics have known for some time that Sheriff Joe Arpaio was involved with a Seattle con man named Dennis Montgomery. He sent two deputies plus Mike Zullo to Washington State to meet Montgomery, reports of payments in excess of $100,000 plus $50,000 in computer equipment have appeared, and there was also a meeting between Arpaio and a Montgomery associate in Phoenix. Phoenix New Times reporter Stephen Lemons spilled the beans from a confidential source early last June.I also believe that the "universe-shattering" reveal from Mike Zullo and the Cold Case Posse was also based on the Montgomery information, explaining why it was very suddenly hushed up when Montgomery's identity and past history became public.
Despite third-party denials, Sheriff Arpaio admitted in court today that he did indeed pay Montgomery for information on Judge Snow, and that he had paid a private investigator to dig up information on the judge's wife. Phoenix New Times article in hand, Judge Snow grilled Arpaio about all of this. This comes on the heels of a negative barrage of publicity in the local news media.
By way of explanation of why he deliberately ordered staff not to implement the court's orders, Arpaio said that it "slipped through the cracks."
Read more at KPHO:
- Arpaio admits to hiring private agents to investigate judge's wife
- 'Meeker' Arpaio testifies a 2nd day in racial-profiling case
- Arpaio shifts blame over disobeying court order
- Arpaio attorney quits; top deputy turns on boss
- Sheriff Joe Arpaio in court over profiling case
- AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces contempt hearing in profiling case
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