Sheriff Joe Arpaio has stepped up his brazen campaign to target the local judiciary.
Deputies of the Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff went to the homes of assistants to several Superior Court judges, to try to interview them about what Sheriff Joe has asserted — with little evidence — is corruption on the part of their bosses, reports the Phoenix New Times.“It was pure intimidation,” one judge told the paper, which suggests Arpaio intended for the assistants to tell their bosses — the judges — about the visits, as a way to intimidate the judges.
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