Justice Department Gives Second Ultimatum in Sheriff Arpaio Investigation - Political Punch

Justice Department Gives Second Ultimatum in Sheriff Arpaio Investigation - Political Punch

The Department has been investigating the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for alleged civil rights violations. Officials set the deadline following a meeting Tuesday with Arpaio’s attorneys in Washington.

“If we do not receive clear and specific agreement for all of the [requests], we will conclude that completion cannot be achieved by voluntary means,” Judy Preston, acting chief of the agency’s Special Litigation Section, wrote to Sheriff’s Office attorney Robert Driscoll.