Where is that admission by Arpaio?
My sentence "that revelation and admission by Arpaio" could have been more precise.
In his testimony at the April 23 hearing, Arpaio was questioned by Judge Snow about details contained in the June 4, 2014, Phoenix New Times article by Stephen Lemons. In that article, Lemons revealed that the MCSO had employed Dennis Montgomery, a known scammer, to pursue the theory that Judge Snow, the DOJ, and others were involved in a scheme to "get" Sheriff Arpaio. Under questioning, Arpaio confirmed the basic information revealed in that article, though he also testified that Judge Snow specifically wasn't the target of any investigation. Snow subsequently invited counsel for the Defendants to make any corrections to the testimony deemed necessary to conform them to the truth (i.e., Snow was signaling Arpaio may have been less than fully truthful).
After having received the documents from the MCSO which he requested be preserved and transmitted to the Court, Snow at the May 14 status conference stated that a brief review of the documents confirmed that Montgomery was hired to access private communications to substantiate that Snow, etc., were part of a conspiracy to target Arpaio.
So Arpaio admitted to portions of this; the documents turned over by the MCSO appear to confirm the rest.