With his chief Deputy Kirk Torgensen making phone calls described as “threatening” to opposing counsel, claiming that he’s questioned Attorney General John Swallow’s behavior for years, and that he’s disgusted with Swallow’s behavior, it’s hard to believe Swallow when he says that morale is ok in the Attorney General’s office. Even if he is having […]
Speaker Lockhart calls the House into session; Rep. Dean Sanpei to sponsor resolution to investigate Swallow
June 28, 2013 by
Friday afternoon, Utah House Speaker Becky Lockhart sent out the call to House members for a July 3, 2013 session to consider a resolution to investigate allegations against Utah Attorney General John Swallow. Find the call and the resolution below. In her email to House members, Lockhart was characteristically to the point: Over the past […]
The Utah House Votes to Investigate and Swallow Reacts
June 19, 2013 by
The House will begin its investigations of John Swallow on July 3. Wednesday the Utah House Majority Caucus (also known as “Republicans”) met to discuss the possible impeachment of Attorney General John Swallow. It was an interesting discussion to watch. If you can find a video of it, I recommend it. The upshot was that […]
The Eagle Forum mobilizes in support of John Swallow
June 16, 2013 by
In a bizarre turn of events, Gayle Ruzika, President of the Utah chapter of the arch-conservative Eagle Forum, has sent out a mobilization email in support of John Swallow. In the letter, Ruzika perpetuates much of the misinformation that Swallow’s supporters and political consultants have been spinning, specifically that impeachment is inappropriate until criminal investigations […]
More information on Impeachment from Lockhart to House Members [Documents]
June 6, 2013 by
Speaker Becky Lockhart has sent another email to legislators on the impeachment process. It is the third such email, and her efforts to provide a cornucopia of information to legislators speaks highly of her office’s professionalism and due diligence. (In case you haven’t read the email or the documents attached to it, they’re embedded below). […]
There is zero chance that John Swallow will resign, unless…
June 4, 2013 by
Last week, it hit the fan for John Swallow. And it hit over and over and over again. It started back in January as shaky bribery accusations from an indicted businessman. Swallow, on the other hand, appeared to be an upstanding, conservative and newly elected attorney general. In just the last couple weeks, though, it […]
Will Prosperity 2020 reach its goals? [Contributor]
May 29, 2013 by
Rhett Wilkinson is a lead project manager for The Exoro Group, a public affairs firm in Salt Lake City. A senior in journalism and liberal arts at Utah State University, he has previously interned in Utah Congressional and Gubernatorial offices and for the Deseret News. Opinions are his own. Prosperity 2020 has a few […]
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