A list of the investigations into the allegations against Utah Attorney General John Swallow:
Federal probe
The U.S. Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, aided by FBI agents and state investigators, led a federal probe of John Swallow and the Utah attorney general's office after the U.S. attorney's office for Utah recused itself from the case. The feds decided in September not to file charges against Swallow or his predecessor, Mark Shurtleff, although federal agents remained active in assisting other investigations of the former attorneys general and others. Read the story
Salt Lake and Davis counties
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill and Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings, with the help of FBI agents, are investigating whether Swallow, Shurtleff and others broke any state laws. Read the story
Lieutenant governor's office
The lieutenant governor's office hired a special counsel, the Snell & Wilmer law firm, to investigate whether Swallow violated election laws by failing to disclose his role and financial stake in two businesses — SSV and P-Solutions. The latter was at the core of the scandal involving indicted St. George businessman Jeremy Johnson. Swallow offered videotaped testimony, telling investigators he didn't report the income because he wanted the public to know any side work would be in his past. In the end, the office's special counsel report found five violations of Utah election laws. The damning report came out the day after Swallow announced his resignation. Read the story
Utah House
The Republican-dominated Utah House created a nine-member bipartisan committee to investigate Swallow. The probe, which cost about $4 million, discovered that Swallow had lost or deleted untold volumes of electronic records — from hard drives, computers and hand-held devices. Investigators determined Swallow had fostered a pay-to-play culture in the attorney general's office. Their final report also alleged he fabricated documents and destroyed evidence as part of a frenzied scheme to cover up inappropriate and politically damaging ties to questionable donors.Read the story
Utah State Bar
At least two ethics complaints were filed with the Utah State Bar about Swallow. One came from the state’s former director of consumer protection, alleging Swallow violated attorney-client rules by discussing a consumer-protection case with a potential donor and suggesting the target meet with Shurtleff. The A.G.'s office represents the consumer division. The other complaint came from the left-leaning Alliance for a Better Utah, alleging Swallow's payments for consulting work on a cement plant while he was chief deputy attorney general violated attorney ethics rules. The bar dismissed those complaints but revealed that it is still investigating Swallow. A separate complaint — from Paul Svendsen, a lawyer and real estate developer — alleges Shurtleff violated attorney ethics by accepting gifts and trips from Marc Sessions Jenson at a time the attorney general's office was prosecuting Jenson.
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