Retaliation claims dog Arizona sheriff facing contempt case

PHOENIX (AP) — Critics of an Arizona sheriff with a reputation for retaliation say a fax he received in 2013 proves he secretly investigated a judge who ruled against him in a racial profiling case.

The fax from an informant was written as a timeline of key developments in the profiling case: It cited the judge's assignment to the case, claimed federal authorities were wiretapping one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's aides, and suggested both happened shortly after the U.S. Justice Department allegedly called the judge.

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