SALT LAKE CITY — Former Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff were arrested and taken into custody Tuesday, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill confirmed.Here's the story link, folks:
The FBI planned a 9 a.m. news conference in regards to the state arrest warrants issued Tuesday morning. The arrests come after search warrants were served at both men's homes in June.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Needless to say, we'll update this page as the story develops.
Update 7/15/14 9:42 a.m.: The Tribune carries a very robust post- news conference story on this topic, which, among other things, details the nature of the multiple felony and misdemeanor charges so far lodged against Shurtleff and Swallow. The Trib's Robert Gehrke is doing a yeoman's job keeping this story regularly updated, btw:
Update 7/16/14 8:30 a.m.: This story is grabbing national attention, of course. Here's yesterday's New York Times writeup, for example:
Via Utah Policy, here's the aftermath:
- Shurtleff holds a news conference accusing Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill of conducting a political witch hunt [Utah Policy, Tribune, Deseret News].
- Here's video of Shurtleff's arrest [KUTV].
- Utah political leaders react to the arrests [Tribune, Daily Herald].
- There may be more arrests tied to the Swallow/Shurtleff scandal [Tribune].
- The Department of Justice is getting a black eye for ending their probe into Swallow and Shurtleff [Tribune].
- Where does the Swallow/Shurtleff scandal rank among Utah's history of political wrongdoing? [Tribune]
Update 7/16/14 9:44 a.m.: With considerable delight, we'll highlight this poignant Paul Rolly piece, dripping with Utah politico-cultural irony:
Update 7/17/14 10:00 a.m.: Added bonus... This morning's Bagley cartoon:
