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text: federal judge charges sheriff joe with contempt arpaio seeking th term faces up to  months jail published  mins ago 
  abc  the longtime sheriff of metropolitan phoenix was charged tuesday with criminal contemptofcourt for ignoring a judges order in a racialprofiling case leaving the yearold lawman in a tough spot two weeks before election day as he seeks a seventh term 
  prosecutors promised two weeks ago that they would charge sheriff joe arpaio but the misdemeanor count wasnt officially filed against him until us district judge susan bolton signed it 
  a formal trial date is scheduled for dec  on wednesday a federal judge set a nov  status conference  five days before the election  in the sheriffs racial profiling case