John Swallow News Roundup - Episode XXXVI - State Auditors (And Others) Get Into the Act

Never a dull moment in the life of our ethically challenged Utah A.G., no?

Just so's you won't think we've been asleep at the switch, here's the latest since our last John Swallow Political Corruption "episode":

 1) As if poor old Attorney General John Swallow's mountain of legal troubles weren't already complicated enough, it now appears that hordes of  green eye-shaded Utah bean-counters will be soon crawling all over Swallow's "digs," "look[ing] at "high-risk areas" of the The Utah Attorney General's office":

• Legislative Audit of Attorney General's Office is Coming - Utah Policy 7/9/13
• Lawmakers OK audit of John Swallow’s office - SlTrib 7-9-13
• Utah legislators initiate audit of Attorney General’s Office - Standard 7/9/13

"[The] proposed audit of the Utah Attorney General's office isn't supposed to be aimed at embattled Attorney General John Swallow, but it is still expected to tie the recently elected leader to any problems found":

• Proposed audit of attorney general's office would be tied to Swallow situation - Dnews 7/10/13

"State Auditor John Dougall said Wednesday he's [also] considering launching a performance audit of embattled Attorney General John Swallow's office, but for now will monitor the Legislature's efforts":

• State auditor said he considered auditing Attorney General John Swallow's office - DNews 7/10/13

2) The Standard-Examiner chimes in with a strong editorial, opining that "'protest(s)" over House Speaker Becky  Lockhart being in charge of picking committee members seems far more “political” than the House’s commendable effort to begin a probe of the attorney general":

• Our View: A Swallow investigation - Standard 7/9/13

3) Alliance for a Better UTAH Executive Director Maryann Martindale and Utah League of Women Voters Co-president Jenn Gonnelly offer a soothing guest commentary "pitching" the view that investigating Swallow is a chance to restore public trust in Utah’s elected officials:

• My view: The Swallow investigation is a chance to restore public trust -  DNews 7/10/13

It looks like it'll be a full-employment economy for Salt Lake legal eagles as The House begins the process of retaining attorneys for the John Swallow investigation:

• Utah House begins search for lawyers to investigate A.G. John Swallow - SLTrib 7/10/13

4) And in the Marc Sessions Jenson sideshow, "Attorneys for [the] jailed businessman, who has made headline-grabbing allegations against Utah Attorney General John Swallow and his predecessor, Mark Shurtleff, failed to persuade a judge on Monday to issue a protective order against state prosecutors":

• Judge declines to issue protective order against Swallow, Shurtleff - SLTrib 7/9/13

Never a dull moment in the life of our ethically challenged Utah A.G., no?