Ex-Sheriff Arpaio’s Legal Tab Hits $100M as Taxpayers Continue to foot His Last Bills
“Nearly five years after Joe Arpaio was voted out as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous county, taxpayers have covered one of the last major bills from the thousands of lawsuits the lawman’s headline-grabbing tactics inspired and the overall legal tab has hit $100 million. Officials in Maricopa,” reports Jaques Billleaud in Border Report.
“Home to Phoenix, agreed last week to pay $3.1 million to cover the county’s portion of a settlement with a restaurant owner who alleged Arpaio defamed him and violated his rights when raiding his businesses. The payout boosted the cost stemming from the Republican sheriff’s six terms to $100 million for attorney fees, settlements.”