Thursday, July 11, 2013

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

1 comment:

Keisha said...

"Investigating Swallow is a chance to restore public trust in Utah’s elected officials." Probably true, IF his GOP colleagues are ultimately willing to give him "the boot."

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