'America's Toughest Sheriff' Teams With Beltway GOP Power Couple...

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...In 'Inquisition' Of Arizona Official

Just over two weeks ago, Maricopa County supervisor Don Stapley was arrested in a Phoenix parking garage by deputies of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the county's nationally-known anti-illegal-immigration lawman. Arpaio's office charged Stapley, a Republican, with 93 felonies, centered on the claim that he had used campaign funds to pay personal expenses....

But despite the high-profile nabbing, it looks like Arpaio couldn't find a prosecutor to take the case. It should have gone to Thomas, as the county prosecutor. But because he works with Stapley for the county, making him vulnerable to conflict of interest charges, the case was passed over to Sheila Polk, the respected prosecutor for neighboring Yavapai County. Polk's office, however, declined to take the new case....

Enter Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing.

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