What’s The Fallout?

I flagged this story yesterday. Joe Arpaio, the antic Sheriff from down in Maricopa County, Arizona, hired a PI to investigate the wife of a federal judge who was overseeing HIS trial. He admitted this yesterday under oath. That sounds like the kind of thing that can get you in big big trouble. Curious to hear from our lawyer readers, particularly with experience with the federal courts, just what the fallout from something like this could be.