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</div><div>John Swallow (born November 10, 1962) is a Republican politician and former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Utah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Attorney General of Utah</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[1]</a> Just prior, he served as Chief Deputy Attorney General overseeing civil litigation.Swallow has been a lawyer since 1990 and was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah State House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Utah State House of Representatives</a>from 1996 to 2002. In December 2009, John Swallow was appointed Chief Deputy Attorney General for Utah. While serving as Chief Deputy, some of his most prominent projects included the fights to overturn the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> and to gain state control of Utah’s federally controlled lands. In November 2012, Swallow won the election for Utah Attorney General with a 64 to 30 percent victory.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[2]</a>On November 21, 2013, Swallow resigned, after less than a year in office, following Federal and State investigations of alleged improprieties on his part.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[3]</a>He was later arrested on July 2014, along with his predecessor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shurtleff" title="Mark Shurtleff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mark Shurtleff</a> on corruption charges.
<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Early_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1Early life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2Politics</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Investigations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3Investigations</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Federal_Investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.1Federal Investigation</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Utah_State_Bar_Investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.2Utah State Bar Investigation</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Lieutenant_Governor.27s_investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.3Lieutenant Governor's investigation</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Utah_State_House_investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.4Utah State House investigation</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Reactions_to_various_Investigations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.5Reactions to various Investigations</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Resignation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.6Resignation</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Utah_State_House_completes_investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.7Utah State House completes investigation</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Arrest" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.8Arrest</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#Public_lands" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4Public lands</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Swallow said that at age nine, his father was killed "in a stupid accident";<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-bernick-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a> the claim was later questioned.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a> The family moved to live with his maternal grandparents in Juneau, Alaska, for three years. When his mother married Richard Swallow, he moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orem,Utah" title="Orem, Utah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Orem, Utah</a>, where he adopted his step-father's last name. The family later moved to Nevada, where Swallow's teenage years were spent on a hay farm.Swallow served a Spanish-speaking mission for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> in<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Los Angeles, California</a>, where he "learned to speak Spanish with an L.A. accent".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-bernick-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a> He earned an undergraduate degree in psychology and then a law degree from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Brigham Young University</a>, where he was a member of the Law Review.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-CandidateBio-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a> In 1985, Swallow married Suzanne Seader; after his graduation they moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy,Utah" title="Sandy, Utah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sandy</a>, a suburb of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Salt Lake City</a>. They have five children.<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Politics[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>After working as a lawyer for several years, Swallow successfully ran for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_House_of_Representatives" title="Utah House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Utah House of Representatives</a> in 1996 for a district based in Sandy and continued serving as a State Representative for six consecutive years.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-CandidateBio-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a> While in the legislature, Swallow sponsored the then-largest tax cut in Utah’s history at the time and was named Taxpayer Advocate of the Year by the Utah Taxpayers Association for sponsoring and passing legislation to reduce taxes in Utah.Swallow gave up his state house seat in 2002 to run for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Utah's 2nd congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Utah's 2nd congressional district</a> against freshman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democrat</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheson" title="Jim Matheson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jim Matheson</a>. The district had been redrawn to be significantly more rural and Republican than its predecessor. The old 2nd had been located entirely within <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake County" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Salt Lake County</a>, but the new 2nd included a large swath of rural territory in southern Utah. Indeed, Swallow's colleagues in the state told national Republicans that they had drawn a district that no Democrat—even a conservative one like Matheson—could possibly win. As a result, the national party spent very little money on Swallow's behalf.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a> Ultimately, Swallow lost to Matheson by a margin of only 1,600 votes, largely because he could not overcome a 25,800-vote deficit in Salt Lake County.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[8]</a>Swallow sought a rematch in 2004, losing this time by 12 points.In 2009, Swallow was appointed as the Chief Deputy Attorney General of Utah for civil cases. One of his focuses was the state lawsuit to overturn President Obama's healthcare law; he led the fight for Utah against President Obama's healthcare law. Swallow also sued <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Barack Obama</a> and Interior Secretary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Salazar" title="Ken Salazar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ken Salazar</a> to unlock federal land within Utah for oil and gas exploration and help fund education for Utah children.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-CandidateBio-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a>Swallow announced his candidacy for Attorney General in January 2012. During his race, he was endorsed by his predecessor Attorney General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shurtleff" title="Mark Shurtleff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mark Shurtleff</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lee(U.S.politician)" title="Mike Lee (U.S. politician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mike Lee</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[9]</a>Swallow was also endorsed in his candidacy by the NRA and received an "A+" rating from the 2nd Amendment organization, because of "his dedication to gun owners" and "his defense of the second amendment".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[10]</a> Swallow was elected and sworn in January 7, 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-WSJ_1-22-13-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[11]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Investigations[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Investigations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Federal Investigation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Federal Investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>In January 2013, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United States Department of Justice</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">FBI</a> investigated Swallow's role in an alleged scheme to help indicted businessman Jeremy Johnson avoid a lawsuit by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">FTC</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[12]</a>According to Johnson, who was indicted for mail-fraud charges related to his internet business iWorks, Swallow attempted to broker a deal to bribe Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Harry Reid</a> with $600,000 through lobbyist Richard Rawle.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-WSJ_1-22-13-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[11]</a>In May 2013, Marc Sessions Jenson (who was convicted in 2008 of defrauding millions from investors) turned receipts over to the FBI he claims show that in 2009 he gave Swallow free meals, massages, golf outings and rooms at a gated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Beach,California" title="Newport Beach, California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Newport Beach</a> villa.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-Gehrke01-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[13]</a>In September 2013, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Department of Justice</a> notified John Swallow's lawyer that they would not be filing charges in their investigation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[14]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Utah State Bar Investigation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Utah State Bar Investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>In May 2013, former Utah State Consumer protection director Traci Gunderson filed a complaint with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Bar" title="Utah State Bar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Utah State Bar</a>, alleging improperly discussed settlement negotiations with a company under investigation by the Utah State Division of Consumer Protection. Swallow's office stated: "John Swallow did not violate any bar rules, and the complaint confuses the rules between a private law firm and a public law firm [sic]. The attorney general can and should hear complaints from the public. However, no meeting actually took place and no settlement offers were made or accepted."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[15]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lieutenant Governor's investigation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Lieutenant Governor's investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>In May 2013, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Utah" title="Lieutenant Governor of Utah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Lieutenant Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Bell(politician)" title="Greg Bell (politician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Gregory S. Bell</a> announced he would appoint a special counsel to investigate potential violations of campaign laws.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[16]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[17]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Utah State House investigation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Utah State House investigation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>On July 3, 2013, H.R. 9001 was passed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah State House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Utah State House of Representatives</a>, which formed a committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against Swallow.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[18]</a> Swallow previously stated the investigative committee was the state legislature's prerogative and that he "completely respect[s] their prerogative."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[19]</a>On August 7, 2013, the Utah House special investigative committee held its first meeting. Chairman Rep. Jim Dunnigan expected the investigation to take months.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[20]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Reactions to various Investigations<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Reactions to various Investigations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>On June 11, 2013, Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Herbert" title="Gary Herbert" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Gary Herbert</a> expressed his concern over various investigations into John Swallow. The Governor was quoted as saying "What I consider ethical challenges, ethical violations. I can say that if he worked for me with all that's coming up, he wouldn't be working for me today."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[21]</a>A poll conducted by BYU's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy revealed that 78 percent of Utahans wanted Swallow to resign, and 71.5 percent wanted the legislature to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States" title="Impeachment in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">impeach and remove him</a> if he didn't do so. Center director Quin Monson said that Swallow was in "a dreadful place" for any elected official. No elected official in Utah has ever been impeached since statehood.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[22]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Resignation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Resignation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>On November 21, 2013, Swallow announced his resignation from office. He cited the personal and financial strains involved in the investigations, but the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Deseret News</a>, a Salt Lake City daily newspaper, reported that he "cut a deal" with the Utah <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_governor" title="Lieutenant governor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">lieutenant governor</a>'s office to avoid criminal charges and the release of a report charging Swallow with violating state law.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[23]</a> Swallow maintains that he has violated no laws.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Utah State House completes investigation</h3>On March 11, 2014, the investigative committee commissioned by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah State House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Utah State House of Representatives</a> completed their investigation and published their report. The committee concluded that Swallow had engaged in unethical and potentially illegal behavior, including the disappearance of substantial electronic evidence under suspicious circumstances. Swallow and his counsel repeatedly stymied investigators with false statements and fabricated documents.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[24]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[25]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Arrest<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=11&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Arrest" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>On July 15, 2014, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">FBI</a> arrested Swallow, along with former Attorney General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shurtleff" title="Mark Shurtleff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mark Shurtleff</a>, and charged him with receiving or soliciting bribe or bribery by a public servant, false or inconsistent material statements, evidence tampering and misusing public monies. The arrest came after a search warrant was executed on the Swallow residence in June 2014.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[26]</a> More charges are pending.<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Public lands[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Swallow&action=edit&section=12&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Public lands" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>John Swallow claims he has a track record of fighting for Utah’s lands. He advocates a position arguing that federal control over land in Utah keeps the state government from having access to Utah's resources, and that this subsequently prevents economic growth and impinges on what he sees as constitutional rights. Swallow credits his upbringing on a farm with giving him an appreciation for the land and its worth.While serving as Chief Deputy Attorney General, Swallow doubled the size of the Public Lands Litigation Team. The office also filed suit over the Wild Lands policy, filed notices of intent to litigate against the government over more than 12,000 RS-2477 roads, and worked to keep the Sage Grouse from being listed as an endangered species. Swallow alleges that expansive federal policies that cut off access to public lands are killing jobs, hurting Utah’s economy and robbing children’s classrooms of greatly needed funding.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swallow#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[27]</a></div><div>=</div><div>https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/see-how-citizens-united-hurting-democracy-look-local-elections</div><div>
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</div><div><span style="font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, " nimbus="Nimbus" sans="Sans" l="L" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">For example, in a scandal one news report called a “<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/us/politics/a-campaign-inquiry-in-utah-is-the-watchdogs-worst-case.html" rel="nofollow" target="blank" style="color: rgb(244, 12, 26); font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, " nimbus="Nimbus" sans="Sans" l="L" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">nightmare scenario</a><span style="font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, " nimbus="Nimbus" sans="Sans" l="L" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">” of corruption, former Utah Attorney General John Swallow used “independent” groups to orchestrate advertising for his 2012 campaign from payday loan companies, which he had <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1088927-utah-house-special-investigation-committee-final.html" rel="nofollow" target="blank" style="color: rgb(244, 12, 26); font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, " nimbus="Nimbus" sans="Sans" l="L" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">in exchange promised to regulate lightly</a><span style="font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, " nimbus="Nimbus" sans="Sans" l="L" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">, according to an investigation by Utah’s legislature. Swallow’s campaign staff had created a web of benignly named groups, like the Proper Role of Government Education Association, to conceal more than $450,000 in spending by the lenders.</div><div><span style="font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, " nimbus="Nimbus" sans="Sans" l="L" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">...</div><div>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/us/politics/a-campaign-inquiry-in-utah-is-the-watchdogs-worst-case.html?_r=0</div><div>
</div><div><p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="441" data-total-count="441" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em 60px; line-height: 1.625rem;" times="times" new="new" roman="roman" serif="serif" max-width="max-width" none="none" width="width" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" background-color="background-color">It is the nightmare scenario for those who worry that the modern campaign finance system has opened up new frontiers of political corruption: A candidate colludes with wealthy corporate backers and promises to defend their interests if elected. The companies spend heavily to elect the candidate, but hide the money by funneling it through a nonprofit group. And the main purpose of the nonprofit appears to be getting the candidate elected.<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="222" data-total-count="663" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em 60px; line-height: 1.625rem;" times="times" new="new" roman="roman" serif="serif" max-width="max-width" none="none" width="width" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" background-color="background-color">But according to investigators, exactly such a plan is unfolding in an extraordinary case in Utah, a state with a cozy political establishment, where business holds great sway and there are no limits on campaign donations.<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="582" data-total-count="1245" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em 60px; line-height: 1.625rem;" times="times" new="new" roman="roman" serif="serif" max-width="max-width" none="none" width="width" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" background-color="background-color">Public records, affidavits and a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1088927-utah-house-special-investigation-committee-final.html" style="color: rgb(50, 104, 145);">special legislative report</a> released last week offer a strikingly candid view inside the world of political nonprofits, where big money sluices into campaigns behind a veil of secrecy. The proliferation of such groups — and what campaign watchdogs say is their widespread, illegal use to hide donations — are at the heart of new rules now being drafted by the Internal Revenue Service to rein in election spending by nonprofit “social welfare” groups, which unlike traditional political action committees do not have to disclose their donors.<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="386" data-total-count="1631" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em 60px; line-height: 1.625rem;" times="times" new="new" roman="roman" serif="serif" max-width="max-width" none="none" width="width" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" background-color="background-color">In Utah, the documents show, a former state attorney general, John Swallow, sought to transform his office into a defender of payday loan companies, an industry criticized for preying on the poor with short-term loans at exorbitant interest rates. Mr. Swallow, who was elected in 2012, resigned in November after less than a year in office amid growing scrutiny of potential corruption.<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="252" data-total-count="1883" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em 60px; line-height: 1.625rem;" times="times" new="new" roman="roman" serif="serif" max-width="max-width" none="none" width="width" px="px" color="color" rgb="rgb" background-color="background-color">“They needed a friend, and the only way he could help them was if they helped get him elected attorney general,” State Representative James A. Dunnigan, who led the investigation in the Utah House of Representatives, said in an interview last week.</div><div>=</div><div>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1088927-utah-house-special-investigation-committee-final.html</div><div></div>