AZ Central
July 26, 2019
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said on Thursday in federal court that he had “become a whipping boy to get to the president” as part of the defamation lawsuit he filed against news outlets.
In December, attorneys representing Arpaio filed a $300 million lawsuit against CNN, the Huffington Post and Rolling Stone, claiming the outlets had published false information about Arpaio.
Arpaio’s attorney Larry Klayman alleged “tremendous leftist hatred of Sheriff Arpaio and the president” as seen in the news outlets named in the lawsuit.