Well, at Least Sheriff Joe Isn’t Going to Congress
— Arpaio’s loss in Arizona’s Senate Republican primary is a fitting end to the public life of a truly sadistic man. By Michelle Cottle Aug. 29, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/opinion/sheriff-joe-arpaio-congress.html
Arpaio is worse than what Ms Cottle has rightly indicated Joe Arpaio is.
With his want to involve his deputies in Maricopa County to do such things as fabricate bogus assassination plots against him, falsely accusing people he somehow targets in this paranoid scam, and the other abuses including inventing 44 specious and faux felony charges against someone he saw as being a "Political Adversary", the truth and what lies beneath that is likely FAR WORSE with and for Arpaio.
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio fires back at judge in his contempt case By Andrew Craft, Fox News 09/17/2017
"Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is firing back at U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton for questioning whether President Trump’s pardon of the controversial lawman will be enough to throw out his conviction.
In a filing last week, Bolton said she is not certain she can vacate Arpaio’s criminal contempt conviction because there has been no sentencing yet; therefore, she may only dismiss the case. A presidential pardon does not immediately undo or reverse a conviction."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-sheriff-joe-arpaio-fires-back-at-judge-in-his-contempt-case
How can a felon like this prosecute anyone in his county? At one time I noticed he had lodged over 40 specious felony charges against a Maricopa County political rival and later had to drop them all.
Each of those would be a felony charged against Arpaio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio
Why is this person still here and not in US Federal Prison?
From Wiki -
"Wrongful arrest and entrapment lawsuit and settlement
In 1999, undercover MCSO deputies arrested James Saville, then 18 years old, and charged him with plotting to kill Arpaio with a pipe bomb. A local television station had been tipped off to the arrest by the MCSO, and broadcast footage of the arrest that evening. The MCSO held a news conference shortly after the arrest, and Arpaio appeared in interviews on local television stations, saying "If they think they are going to scare me away with bombs and everything else, it's not going to bother me."[116]
In July 2003, after spending almost four years in jail awaiting trial, Saville was acquitted by a Maricopa County Superior Court jury. Jurors were persuaded that Saville had been entrapped by the MCSO as part of an publicity stunt by Arpaio.[117][118] This was a rare example of a successful entrapment defense, which is very difficult to prove.[119] Jurors interviewed following the trial said that "they were convinced that Saville had been a pawn in an elaborate media ploy."[119] The jury forewoman subsequently said: "This was a publicity stunt at the expense of four years of someone's life." Another juror stated that "This was a big setup from the beginning."[117]
In 2004, Saville, following the acquittal, sued Arpaio and Maricopa County for wrongful arrest and entrapment. In 2008, the suit was settled, with Maricopa County paying Saville $1.1 million. Saville also received an unspecified additional compensation from the county's insurance company.[120]"