By Megan Cassidy, The Republic | azcentral.com
Sheriff Joe Arpaio knew that private agents had investigated U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow’s wife, the six-term lawman admitted under oath Thursday in an explosive diversion from this week’s contempt of court proceedings.
It was Arpaio’s second day on the stand in a civil contempt of court hearing, where he and a handful of his top aides are facing three broad allegations of defying Snow’s orders, stemming from a racial-profiling suit.
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