Post by Logan on Dec 15, 2016 16:00:10 GMT -6
PHOENIX (AP) — Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona has fixated on the authenticity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate for more than five years, going so far as to send a deputy and member of his volunteer posse to Hawaii to question officials.
He earned plaudits from Donald Trump and became one of the nation's leading voices on the debunked controversy over Obama's birthplace. Arpaio plans to close his years long investigation Thursday, ending a chapter that critics denounced as a shameless ploy to raise money from his right-wing base.
The news conference from the media-savvy sheriff comes three weeks before the end of his 24 years as metro Phoenix's top law enforcer and five weeks before Obama leaves office.
The sheriff took up the "birther" mantle as he faced some of his worst legal troubles, including a racial profiling case that discredited his patrols targeting immigrants and a grand jury inquiry into his failed investigations of local political enemies.
Read more: www.yourwestvalley.com/valleyandstate/article_80e43502-c2f9-11e6-8402-b7e1c6ae738c.html
He earned plaudits from Donald Trump and became one of the nation's leading voices on the debunked controversy over Obama's birthplace. Arpaio plans to close his years long investigation Thursday, ending a chapter that critics denounced as a shameless ploy to raise money from his right-wing base.
The news conference from the media-savvy sheriff comes three weeks before the end of his 24 years as metro Phoenix's top law enforcer and five weeks before Obama leaves office.
The sheriff took up the "birther" mantle as he faced some of his worst legal troubles, including a racial profiling case that discredited his patrols targeting immigrants and a grand jury inquiry into his failed investigations of local political enemies.
Read more: www.yourwestvalley.com/valleyandstate/article_80e43502-c2f9-11e6-8402-b7e1c6ae738c.html