As Obama's time in office nears to an end, it's payback time - Tough Anti-Illegal Alien Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is referred to the FEDS for prosecution

A federal judge wants another judge to decide whether metro Phoenix's longtime sheriff and his top aide should be held in criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring the court's orders in a racial profiling case.

U.S. District Judge Murray Snow said in a ruling Friday that the judge in question will decide whether Sheriff Joe Arpaio should be held in criminal contempt for prolonging his immigration patrols months after Snow had ordered them stopped.

The judge said there was also probable cause to believe Arpaio intentionally failed to turn over records that he had promised, under oath, to give to a court official.

The records were from a secret investigation that Arpaio's foes say focused on Judge Snow in an attempt to discredit him. The sheriff has vigorously insisted that he didn't investigate Snow and instead said the probe was focused on widespread identity theft.

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