Today's Reason for Government Distrust: Two Former Utah AGs Nabbed for Corruption

Reason ^ | July 15 2014 | Reason

[PoloSec]

SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff were charged Tuesday and arrested on allegations ranging from accepting bribes to destroying evidence.

Both were arrested at their Sandy homes by members of the FBI and the Utah Department of Public Safety and they arrived at the Salt Lake County Jail shortly after 8 a.m.

The state's former top law enforcement officers were charged in 3rd District Court with pattern of unlawful activity, a second-degree felony; and three counts of receiving or soliciting bribes by a public official, a third-degree felony.

In addition, Shurtleff was charged with illegally accepting gifts or loans, a second-degree felony; and two counts of receiving bribes by a public official, a third-degree felony; witness tampering, a third-degree felony; tampering with evidence, a class A misdemeanor; and obstruction of justice, a class A misdemeanor.

[knarf]

Sandy homes, huh ?

Seems t'me I read something about that somewhere ....

[Graybeard58]

Political party?

[txrefugee]

This is precisely what should happen to Obama and Holder for the many laws they have flouted. These scofflaws must be brought to justice, or the rule of law is no longer in force in our country.

[DisorderOnBorder]

John Swallow...an unfortunate name to have in prison...

[US Navy Vet]

Utah huh, gotta LOVE them Mormons.

[drypowder]

The only thing wrong with DAs, most politicians and judges of all stripes, they started out as lawyers. AKA: lying self serving scoundrels and they usually do not change.

[glock rocks]

both GOP, prosecutor D

[Lurking Libertarian]

Political party?

Nothing in the article, but Wikipedia (for what that's worth) lists them both as Republicans.

[vette6387]

Both Repubicans

[glock rocks]

The whole story:

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=30720646&nid=148&title=swallow-shurtleff-released-on-bail&fm=home_page&s_cid=topstory

[JimRed]

Sandy homes, huh ?

Seems t'me I read something about that somewhere ....

That'd be Joisey, pal...

[knarf]

Not in MY bible

/8^)

[DJ MacWoW]

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[JimRed]

Oh, BUILT on the sand! I was thinking of the “superstorm” that wiped out a bunch of shore houses!

[Political Junkie Too]

So the Justice Department is using its selective prosecution powers to disrupt the runnings of Republican leaning states, while avoiding prosecuting leaders in Democrat states?

-PJ

[knarf]

NOW read the article ... heh heh heh

[Ken H]

Aggressive police raids for thee, but not for me

Posted on Tue Jun 10 2014 22:20:56 GMT-0400 (EDT) by bamahead

It’s amazing how quickly a politician can change his position when he becomes a victim of aggressive government policies he previously supported.

Witness Mark Shurtleff. During Shurtleff’s 12 years as Utah attorney general, he set up a unit called the Statewide Enforcement of Crimes by Undocumented Residents Strike Force — or the SECURE Strike Force for short.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3166096/posts

[bamahead]

Mucho thanks to Ken H for the hat-tip!

You may remember our friend Mark Shurtleff as the JBT fawning, no-knock raid loving D.A. who absolutely loved SWAT tactics... until those tactics were used against him for this very investigation.

I guess the scales still occasionally work.



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[apoliticalone]

While we argue about politics and ideology, corruption at the highest levels is eating the USA from the inside out.

Every institution from private corporations to law enforcement to Congress have heavy corruptive self serving influences going on that destroys confidence. Cleaning up corruption would do a lot to make government and corporations more efficient and responsive and function on behalf of the people instead of lobbyists and contractors with the biggest packages of $$$ to hand out for favors. It is now a cancer that needs excised and destroyed as a major priority.