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Social Media Mocks John McCain's Attempt to Go "Birther" on Ted Cruz

By Miriam Wasser

Jan 7, 2016

Arizona Senator John McCain appears to have taken a break from blasting President Barack Obama's recent executive order on gun control to go down everyone's favorite conspiracy theory rabbit hole: The birther debate. Shortly after Republican frontrunner Donald Trump openly questioned Ted Cruz's citizenship and suggested the Texas Senator — Trump's...

Joe Arpaio's Posse Investigator Mike Zullo's Secret Recordings

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 16, 2015

Did Sheriff Joe Arpaio's infamous Seattle investigation begin with a billionaire intent on revenge against his ex-wife? And was this wealthy individual drawn to Arpaio as part of the paranoid atmosphere that swirled around Arpaio's investigation of President Barack Obama's birth certificate? To judge from audio files recently entered into...

Joe Arpaio's Trial Judge Warns Others Could Be on Chopping Block

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 13, 2015

As testimony in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's contempt trial wrapped up Friday morning in federal court, Judge G. Murray Snow offered an ominous warning for those not named as defendants in the civil case. Arpaio, his Chief Deputy and three other current and former Arpaio henchmen face allegations of civil contempt...

Joe Arpaio's Posse Investigator Does 180, Sings About Seattle Investigation

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 13, 2015

Will the real Mike Zullo please stand up? By noon Thursday, Zullo had invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination nearly 220 times while being questioned by plaintiffs counsel Stanley Young, during Day 19 of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's seemingly never-ending contempt trial. Through much of it, Zullo looked perturbed, angry...

Joe Arpaio's Cold Case Posse Commander Takes the Fifth, Again and Again

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 11, 2015

Someone call Guinness Book of World Records: Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Cold Case Posse commander Mike Zullo may have a claim. In federal court Tuesday, during what likely is the last week of testimony in Arpaio's civil contempt trial before U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow, Zullo invoked his Fifth Amendment...

Joe Arpaio's Trial Resumes, and More on Sheriff's Confidant, Mike Zullo

By Stephen Lemons

Oct 27, 2015

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's contempt trial resumes at 9 a.m. today in federal court before Judge G. Murray Snow, and Arpaio's ...

Joe Arpaio's Investigator Mike Zullo Invokes 5th

By Stephen Lemons

Oct 21, 2015

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's version of G. Gordon Liddy, Cold Case Posse Commander Mike Zullo, is trying to take the 5th, at least partially. Zullo, a former car dealer who along with Sheriff Joe has embraced the nutty crusade to invalidate President Barack Obama's birth certificate, is a key witness in...

Joe Arpaio's Birther Mouthpiece Suggests New Times Forged Obama's Birth Certificate

By Matthew Hendley

Sep 3, 2013

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's comrades in his sham "investigation" into President Obama's birth certificate ought to be committed to a mental-health institution.Why? Consider the "prime suspect" for faking Obama's birth certificate, according to one of the birthers in on Arpaio's gag -- Phoenix New Times...

Joe Arpaio's Sham "Investigation" Into Obama's Birth Certificate Exposed (Yet Again)

By Matthew Hendley

Aug 28, 2013

More than a year ago, Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced his team had developed "probable cause" to believe President Obama's birth certificate was a forgery.Most people just laughed their rear-ends off and got on with their lives. Others, however, have spent a considerable amount of time proving that every allegation --...

Larry Klayman Under Investigation by Arizona Bar

By Matthew Hendley

Jun 18, 2013

Notorious "birther" attorney Larry Klayman is being investigated by the State Bar.Although Arizona State Bar spokesman Rick DeBruhl confirms to New Times that the investigation exists, he says there are no public documents associated with the case at this time.See also:-Larry Klayman Sues New Times, Is Really Weird-Judge: Klayman "Inappropriately...

Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation Still Exists; Lead "Birther" Swears Evidence Coming Soon

By Matthew Hendley

Jan 29, 2013

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "investigation" into President Barack Obama still exists after 16 months, which has an industry term of "long con."Believe it or not, Arpaio's birther chief still claims that there's evidence Barack Obama's birth certificate is fake, and indeed, new evidence that will have anyone convinced.See also:-Mike...

Arizona GOP Chairman Tom Morrissey Says He's Not a "Birther," but Obama's Birth Certificate Doesn't Seem Real

By Matthew Hendley

Dec 18, 2012

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's joke of an "investigation" into President Obama's birth certificate is still an issue.Now, even after President Obama's re-election, Arizona Republican Party chairman Tom Morrissey -- who insists he's not a "birther" -- says he does not believe the president's birth certificate is authentic.See also:-Joe Arpaio's...

Joe Arpaio Targeted in Prank Involving Obama Kenyan Birth Video, Which He Never Even Saw

By Matthew Hendley

Nov 1, 2012

A hoax video of President Obama's birth in a Kenyan hospital, intended to make asses out of "birthers" like Sheriff Joe Arpaio once they bought into its legitimacy, failed miserably.The New York Observer, um, exposed the video as fake -- a video we hadn't even heard of until they called...

Bill Montgomery Entertains "Birther" Over Joe Arpaio's Probe of Obama's Birth Certificate

By Matthew Hendley

Oct 23, 2012

As evidenced by Secretary of State Ken Bennett's dabbling in the "birther" theories, elected officials around the state have probably received a decent amount of phone calls and emails asking them to help further the embarrassment of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "investigation" into President Obama.One such recipient of that attention is...

Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Chief Mike Zullo Strikes Back at Orly Taitz, Says He Doesn't Want "Circus Show" Involved

By Matthew Hendley

Oct 19, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his "birther" chief Mike Zullo are balking at their chance to talk about their super official "investigation" of President Obama's birth certificate in court, and Zullo tells New Times why -- Orly Taitz.Taitz told us yesterday that she's very upset with Arpaio and Zullo, since she's...

Joe Arpaio's Balking at His Chance to Present "Birther" Info in Court, and Orly Taitz Is Mad

By Matthew Hendley

Oct 18, 2012

If, for some reason, anyone needs further evidence of how bogus Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" investigation is, here you go.Orly Taitz, perhaps one of the most well-known challengers to the eligibility of President Obama, is still trying to contest the issue in court, and tells New Times that Arpaio refuses...

Joe Arpaio Doesn't Want His Super Official "Birther" Probe Used in Presidential Debate

By Matthew Hendley

Oct 3, 2012

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" probe is such an important issue for the nation that he would not like to see the two men running for President of the United States talk about it in front of the country.We're not sure why this thought ever popped into the head...

Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Chief Gets Cops Called on Him During His Pursuit of 95-Year-Old Woman in a Nursing Home

By Matthew Hendley

Sep 20, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" chief Mike Zullo has no shame in telling his story of getting the cops called on him because he spent hours at a Hawaii nursing home in an attempt to badger a 95-year-old woman.In fact, after being asked not to return to the nursing home again,...

Child Molester Sues for Obama's DNA, Plans to Compare It to Osama Bin Laden's

By Matthew Hendley

Sep 14, 2012

A convicted child molester filed a mostly incoherent lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court here, seemingly asking for DNA samples from President Obama, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein.The convicted child molester is Arnold Begay, whose lawsuit is postmarked out of a low-security federal prison in North Carolina...

SB 1070 Helper Kris Kobach Takes the Ken Bennett Route on the "Birther" Issue

By Matthew Hendley

Sep 14, 2012

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