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Today's Reason for Government Distrust: Two Former Utah AGs Nabbed for Corruption
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| July 15 2014
| Reason
Posted on 07/15/2014 12:52:57 PM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Utah
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posted on
07/15/2014 12:52:57 PM PDT
by
PoloSec
To: PoloSec
Sandy homes, huh ?
Seems t'me I read something about that somewhere ....
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posted on
07/15/2014 12:56:30 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: PoloSec
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posted on
07/15/2014 12:56:53 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke 12;32)
To: PoloSec
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 These scofflaws must be brought to justice, or the rule of law is no longer in force in our country.
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posted on
07/15/2014 12:57:22 PM PDT
by
txrefugee
To: PoloSec
John Swallow...an unfortunate name to have in prison...
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posted on
07/15/2014 12:57:50 PM PDT
by
DisorderOnBorder
(They are Illegal Aliens...not immigrants)
To: PoloSec
Utah huh, gotta LOVE them Mormons.
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posted on
07/15/2014 12:57:52 PM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: PoloSec
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.
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posted on
07/15/2014 12:58:52 PM PDT
by
drypowder
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
07/15/2014 1:01:44 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(If you like your health plan, you're a racist !)
To: Graybeard58
Political party?Nothing in the article, but Wikipedia (for what that's worth) lists them both as Republicans.
To: Graybeard58
To: PoloSec
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posted on
07/15/2014 1:03:17 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(If you like your health plan, you're a racist !)
To: knarf
Sandy homes, huh ? Seems t'me I read something about that somewhere ....
That'd be Joisey, pal...
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posted on
07/15/2014 1:03:44 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
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posted on
07/15/2014 1:05:41 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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posted on
07/15/2014 1:08:43 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: knarf
Oh, BUILT on the sand! I was thinking of the “superstorm” that wiped out a bunch of shore houses!
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posted on
07/15/2014 1:18:48 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: PoloSec
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
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posted on
07/15/2014 1:28:12 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: JimRed
NOW read the article ... heh heh heh
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posted on
07/15/2014 2:29:33 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: bamahead
Aggressive police raids for thee, but not for me
Posted on Tue Jun 10 2014 22:20:56 GMT-0400 (EDT) by bamahead
Its 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 Shurtleffs 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
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posted on
07/15/2014 2:47:10 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Ken H; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; albertp; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; amchugh; ...
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posted on
07/15/2014 4:40:44 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: txrefugee
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.
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posted on
07/15/2014 7:48:01 PM PDT
by
apoliticalone
(Global corporatism is the threat to freedom and rights. They want your sovereignty and politicians.)
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