Cast of characters

The multiple characters involved in the John Swallow controversy:

John Swallow Utah’s Republican attorney general since Jan. 7, 2013; chief deputy attorney general from December 2009 to January 2013; former fundraiser for Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and lobbyist for Check City. Swallow announced on Nov. 21 that he would resign Dec. 3 at 12:01 after nearly 11 months in office. He was arrested July 15, 2014 along with his predecessor, Mark Shurtleff, and charged with 11 felonies and two misdemeanors.

Political players

Gary Herbert Utah’s Republican governor, who said if Swallow were his employee, he would have been fired	Greg Bell Utah’s former lieutenant governor. His office hired a special counsel to investigate alleged election violations by Swallow. He has been replaced from former state Rep. Spencer Cox, R-Fairview, who was the first legislator to call for impeachment proceedings against Swallow.	Traci Gundersen Former director of Utah’s Division of Consumer Protection; filed State Bar ethics complaint against Swallow
Sim Gill Democratic Salt Lake County district attorney investigating Swallow, Shurtleff and others	Becky Lockhart Speaker of the Utah House and a Provo Republican; she chose the House committee investigating Swallow	Troy Rawlings Republican Davis County attorney investigating Swallow, Shurtleff and others

Business players

Jeremy Johnson
Founder of online marketing company
I Works; indicted for alleged fraudulent business practices

Richard Rawle
Late founder of the Provo-based Check City payday-loan chain who took money to arrange deal for Jeremy Johnson

Aaron Christner
Founder of Mad Cow, a telemarketing company fined $400,000 by the state; contacted Swallow about fundraiser and his case

Darl McBride
Utah businessman who created a website trying to recover money he says Mark Robbins owed him; Shurtleff offered him $2 million to take it down, McBride says, money Shurtleff planned to get from Jenson

Marc Sessions Jenson
Businessman serving time for securities violations who alleges he was shaken down and extorted for hundreds of thousands of dollars by Swallow and Shurtleff

Mark Robbins
Utah businessman and former business partner of Jenson

Candace Salima
Founder of company that published Mark Shurtleff’s book, Am I Not A Man? The Dred Scott Story

Connections

Mark Shurtleff
Utah’s GOP attorney general from 2001 to January 2013 was charged with 10 felonies on July 15. 2014

Kirk Torgensen
Chief deputy attorney general

Tim Lawson
Shurtleff confidant, "fixer" and paid consultant was arrested on six felony charges Dec. 12, 2013

House investigative committee

Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck D-Salt Lake City, House minority assistant whip Chavez-Houck has been in the Utah Legislature since 2008.	Rep. Brad Dee R-Ogden, House majority leader Dee was first elected to the House in 2002. He served 10 years as mayor of Washington Terrace.	Rep. Susan Duckworth D-Magna Duckworth replaced her husband, Carl, in the Utah House in 2009 after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Rep. Jim Dunnigan R-Taylorsville, Chairman Dunnigan has served in the House since 2003 and is a former Taylorsville City Council member.	Rep. Francis Gibson R-Mapleton Gibson replaced Rep. Lowry Snow, R-St. George, on Thursday after Snow was removed from the committee.	Rep. Lynn Hemingway D-Holladay Hemingway was elected to the House in 2006. He retired as director of state government affairs for the Williams Co. in 2002.
Rep. Mike McKell R-Spanish Fork McKell is a freshman representative who earned a law degree from the University of Idaho.	Rep. Lee Perry R-Perry Perry has been a member of the Utah House since 2011. He is a Northern Utah section commander for the Utah Highway Patrol.	Rep. Jennifer Seelig D-Salt Lake City, House minority leader Seelig has been a member of the Utah House since 2006.