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Joe Arpaio, the of Arizona鈥檚 Maricopa County, recently told a Tea Party gathering in California that he considered resorting to of calling for a so-called 鈥渃itizens grand jury鈥� while he was conducting an investigation of the legitimacy of President Obama鈥檚 birth certificate.

The subject came up during an Arpaio speech on July 27 to a gathering of Tea Party conservatives in Ramona, Calif. A video taken by an audience member shows Arpaio being questioned about calling for a 鈥渟overeign citizens鈥� tactic to be applied in a Maricopa County 鈥渇raud鈥� case that 鈥渋nvolved not only the perpetrator, Obama, but the senators, and congressmen, and 鈥� your secretary of state. Why don鈥檛 you form a citizens grand jury to bring indictments against these people, and when you get no response from it, then you can form a citizens trial court -- ?鈥�

The sheriff interrupted the man鈥檚 question.

ARPAIO: I heard about that. You know what I was looking at? It wasn鈥檛 for that. I was looking at it for the birth certificate. If I was gonna do a citizens grand jury, it would be because of that.

It鈥檚 a little tough. Legally, it鈥檚 a little tough. You know, I am the sheriff, but I still have some restrictions. I gotta use a little common sense.

Now, don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 chicken. I can take on the president, I think I have a little 鈥�

The questioner interrupted Arpaio to inform him that he would move from California to Maricopa County free of charge just so he could head up such a grand jury.

鈥淐itizens grand juries鈥� are an integral part of the 鈥渃ommon law court鈥� system devised as part of the often convoluted and complex system of beliefs of , and references to them often appear when assorted members (who are closely aligned with the sovereign citizen movement) are , including criminal cases.

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Arpaio grabbed when he went 鈥渂irther鈥� 鈥撯�� that is, he announced that not only did he subscribe to various conspiracy theories claiming that President Obama was not born in Hawaii and thus is not an American citizen, he intended to investigate the matter of the president鈥檚 birth certificate, and he that it was 鈥渄efinitely fraudulently.鈥�

The investigation, crowd pleasing as it may have been for his arch-conservative audience, 聽鈥撯�� although Arpaio that he may have determined who the person was that forged the president鈥檚 birth certificate.