The costs associated with the racial-profiling case now exceed $60 million, including at least $8.2 million in tax money tied to the outside attorneys required to represent all the parties in the ongoing legal proceedings.
[Judge] Snow’s finding of contempt and the possibility of further criminal-contempt proceedings means those costs will only continue to rise.
The ruling also opens up Arpaio and his top aides to an array of sanctions.
Source: Arpaio in contempt of federal court, judge rules
