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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSheriff Joe Arpaio Admits Using Taxpayer Funds To Pursue Birther Conspiracy Probe: ‘So What?’
In the year since President Obama released his long-form birth certificate, tax payers are partly-funding Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaios investigation into whether or not the president was truly born in the United States.
The Arizona Republic and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser report that two men identifying themselves as Michael Zullo and Brian Mackiewcz arrived at the Hawaii Department of Health on Monday and requested verification of Obamas birth.
They left after a Hawaii deputy attorney provided them information on the legal requirements for obtaining that documentation. Zullo is a volunteer in Arpaios inquiry, but Mackiewcz provided a business card identifying him as a public employee who works in the Threats Management Unit of the sheriffs office.
Arpaio, who has previously claimed that the investigation was being funded through private donations, dismissed concerns about tax dollars funding the conspiracy quest and said he hopes the agency will be paid back through private donations:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/05/22/488323/sheriff-joe-arpaio-uses-taxpayer-funds-to-pursue-birther-conspiracy-probe/
yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)That has to be against the law.
sinkingfeeling
(51,480 posts)lawsuit against old Joe for mis-use of taxpayer funds.
tanyev
(42,636 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)should be looking into, if not the state's attorney general. What an asshat.