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Birthers of the World Unite: Larry Klayman to Represent Group Defending Joe Arpaio

Well this comes as no surprise.

Larry Klayman, the birther attorney(link is external) who is now calling(link is external) for an armed revolution against President Obama(link is external), is representing(link is external) a new group of Tea Party members defending Sheriff Joe Arpaio from a potential recall election.

The Judicial Watch founder is threatening to sue activists(link is external) who are collecting petitions to recall the Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff. In a video posted by Arizona Nightly News, Klayman ironically(link is external) calls Arpaio opponents “vigilantes” who seek to “harass” the sheriff and distorts(link is external) state election law to claim that the recall attempt is illegal.

Poor legal advice aside, Klayman’s selection to represent the group may not be a boon to the image of Arpaio, who is currently under fire for hiring a child-sex offender for his armed posse to guard schools(link is external), since Klayman himself has been accused of child sexual abuse(link is external).