Arpaio: Feds Went After Me To Help Obama Get Hispanic Vote

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio, accused yesterday by the Justice Department of encouraging a culture of bias within the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, said Friday that the probe was tied to President Obama’s reelection bid.

“I’m not going to back down because of politics, because the president wants to get the Hispanic vote,” Arpaio said on Fox News. “It’s never going to happen.”

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