A federal judge announced late Friday he will recommend Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the U.S. attorney general’s office to be charged with criminal contempt of court.

U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow ruled Arpaio had purposely violated numerous orders in his eight-year legal battle over claims of racial profiling Latino illegal immigrants.

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