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Sheriff Arpaio’s Sham Investigation, Mistreatment of Latinos Costing Maricopa Taxpayers $28 million | An investigation by the Arizona Republic reveals that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is costing Arizona taxpayers millions of dollars — mostly in legal expenses — after years of political infighting with other local agencies. According to the report, taxpayers have already contributed $28 million to cover the costs of lawsuits filed by Arpaio’s office against his own county’s Board of Supervisors, and that number is expected to rise by millions more in the next few months as the lawsuits continue. Arpaio baselessly alleges that the Board of Supervisors’ cuts to his agency’s budget were politically motivated, and he filed federal racketeering lawsuits against the board and opened government-corruption investigations with then-County Attorney Andrew Thomas.