DoJ sues Sheriff Arpaio for civil-rights abuses

OK, I looked at the citations in the GD thread.

So this is not a finding of the disciplinary board, but rather a statement of charges, against which the respondents will presumably have the chance to offer rebuttal evidence? And those respondants don’t include Arpaio himself, as he’s not a lawyer and not subject to the disciplinary process?

There are numerous problems with treating these as evidence of criminal violations. For example, you say he caused a judge to be arrested on completely baseless charges of bribery.

But was there a warrant for the arrest? Yes. Was the arrest legal? Yes.

There seems to be unanimity that the charges could not be proved in court.

However, this does not create a crime. As long as there was probable cause to arrest, the arrest is legal.

What specific crime are you alleging here, and where is the evidence for it?