Ducey awaits Arpaio verdict before taking sides

Sheriff Arpaio at a Doug Ducey fundraiser during the 2014 election./Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Sheriff Arpaio at a Doug Ducey fundraiser during the 2014 election./Gage Skidmore/Flickr

By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star

Gov. Doug Ducey is not ready to put any distance between himself and Joe Arpaio.

“Let’s see how the court hearings play out,” the governor said in response to a question of whether he still supports the sheriff.

The comments came at the end of a week of testimony by the sheriff and some of his top deputies at a federal court hearing to determine if Arpaio should be found in contempt of court, including a bombshell admission by Arpaio that his attorney hired a private detective to investigate the wife of the judge hearing the case.

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