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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 766117" data-attributes="member: 12952">ICE Cleared Arpaio Before Obama/Holder AttackNew evidence undermines feds’ case against ArizonaBy: Byron YorkChief Political CorrespondentAttorney General Eric&nbsp; Holder&nbsp; filed&nbsp; suit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office, run by the flamboyant&nbsp; Joe Arpaio, as part of an extended investigation into alleged civil&nbsp; rights violations there.The Justice Department’s investigation of Arpaio could end badly for&nbsp; Holder. When the Department first informed Arpaio that a probe was under&nbsp; way, back in March 2009, it sent a letter saying the investigation&nbsp; would focus on “alleged patterns or practices of discriminatory police&nbsp; practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures.” But now we learn&nbsp; that just six months before that, in September&nbsp; 2008, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, did&nbsp; its own investigation of Arpaio’s office — and gave it a clean bill of&nbsp; health. Arpaio’s lawyers recently got a copy of the ICE report through the Freedom of Information Act.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 766117, member: 12952"] [B]ICE Cleared Arpaio Before Obama/Holder Attack[/B] [B]New evidence undermines feds’ case against Arizona By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent[/B] Attorney General Eric Holder filed suit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office, run by the flamboyant Joe Arpaio, as part of an extended investigation into alleged civil rights violations there.The Justice Department’s investigation of Arpaio could end badly for Holder. When the Department first informed Arpaio that a probe was under way, back in March 2009, it sent a letter saying the investigation would focus on “alleged patterns or practices of discriminatory police practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures.” But now we learn that [COLOR=maroon][B]just six months before that, in September 2008, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, did its own investigation of Arpaio’s office — and gave it a clean bill of health[/B][/COLOR]. Arpaio’s lawyers recently got a copy of the ICE report through the Freedom of Information Act. [/QUOTE]

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