This outcome would result in the case against Arpaio being dismissed, obviating the need for Arpaio to suffer a political trial engineered by Tom Perez, a LaRaza āopen bordersā attorney in the Obama administration DOJ who vowed publicly a vengeance against Arpaio aimed at destroying his law enforcement career and ruining his reputation.
Here is the āBackground Letterā in its entirety (minus 73 pages of legal appendices):
Goldman & Zwillinger, PLLC, Attorneys at Law
17851 North 85th Street
Suite 175
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255
Mark D. Goldman
June 22, 2017
Via: First Class, U.S. Mail, Electronic Mail and Hand Delivery
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
United States Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
Re: United States of America vs. Joseph M. Arpaio,
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona Case No. 2:16-cr-01012-SRB
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
The Department of Justice is presently prosecuting the above referenced criminal contempt charge against former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. A bench trial is scheduled to begin in Phoenix on Monday, June 26, 2017. The action was improperly brought by the DOJ under 18 U.S.C. Section 401 as more particularly described in the Petition for Writ of Mandamus that is presently pending before the United States Supreme Court (the āPetitionā), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. We request that you review this matter prior to the commencement of the trial, and at the very least, you request the trial court to stay the trial pending the review of the Petition by the United States Supreme Court that was filed on May 24, 2017.
The criminal contempt allegations stem from an alleged failure of the Maricopa County Sheriffās Offices (MCSO) to comply with an Order of the ...............................
In the case of Sheriff Arpaio, there were certain announcements by the Court or Department of Justice officials that occurred coincident with Arizona voting deadlines in 2016. The announcements influenced the election. The announcements involved the Courtās referral of the matter for criminal contempt and the Department of Justiceās announcement that it would, in fact, proceed with the prosecution. These announcements had an undeniable effect upon Sheriff Arpaioās campaign to be elected to a seventh term in office. The impact on Sheriff Arpaioās re-election campaign is clear. He is no longer Sheriff. (I have attached two timelines of certain actions, by certain parties, and the media, in relation to occurrences in the case. See Exhibit āBā attached hereto.)
Hereās the āBackground Letterā Arpaioās lawyers sent Attorney General Sessions