John Swallow News Roundup - Episode XXXVIII: Tying Up a Few More Loose Ends

A feeding frenzy in the U.S. legal community; and Becky Lockhart reshuffles the deck

Here are the latest reported developments in the John Swallow Three-ring Circus, folks. It definitely gets "interestinger and interestinger":

Responding to harsh criticism of the potential conflict of intererest of Rep. Lowry Snow,  House Speaker Becky Lockhart on Thursday removed Snow from the committee investigating John Swallow, replacing him as Chairman with current committee member Rep. Jim Dunnigan, and filling Snow's now-vacated slot with new committee member Rep. Francis Gibson:

• Speaker Lockhart Drops Snow From Swallow Investigation, Adds Dunnigan and Gibson - Utah Political Capitol
• Lockhart replaces Snow as head of House’s Swallow probe - SLTrib
• Lockhart replaces Swallow committee head to avoid conflict - DNews

There's no word on whether Lockhart will be forced to further re-shuffle the investigative committee deck, as the above Utah Political Capital story reveals that "[although] Gibson made no contributions to Swallow, however he did lend his name as a “Leader for Swallow” on Swallow’s campaign website."

It looks like a feeding frenzy in the U.S. legal community as "[m]ore than 60 law firms from across the country — from national powerhouses with hundreds of lawyers to small Utah outfits — are vying to serve as legal counsel to the House committee investigating Republican Attorney General John Swallow":

• 61 law firms submit bids to help with House’s John Swallow probe - SLTrib

"Thursday marked the deadline for bids, which will be scored and the selection made Aug. 9," the Salt Lake Tribune's Robert Gehrke reports.