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Posted on 04/20/2026 5:27:32 PM PDT by Twotone
Utah’s governor and the heads of both legislative bodies are investigating an alleged relationship between state Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen — who is responsible for the crucial gerrymandering decision — and an attorney who argued the case.
A complaint, exclusively obtained by KSL, was submitted by another attorney, Michael Worley, in late December. It asserted that Diana Hagen’s ex-husband, Tobin Hagen, alleged that Diana Hagen shared “inappropriate” text messages with David Reymann, the attorney involved in the redistricting case that established Utah’s new congressional map.
Worley said he believed his duty as an attorney of the bar obligated him to submit the allegations. Tobin did not approve of the complaint being filed but “acknowledged its accuracy,” according to KSL. Tobin allegedly discovered the texts in February 2025, but he did not reveal the texts to investigators, the outlet reported.
Both Diana Hagen and Reymann deny the allegations. The Judicial Conduct Commission conducted a preliminary investigation into the allegations, leading them to interview Hagen’s ex-husband, but they did not proceed further with the investigation, KSL reported.
Diana Hagen told KSL Friday that she “voluntarily recused [herself] from all cases involving Mr. Reymann in May 2025.”
“I never operated under a conflict of interest while performing my judicial duties,” she continued.
Diana Hagen also recused herself when the redistricting case was brought back to her court in September, and she has recused herself from other filings involving the case, KSL reported.
Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Republican Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Mike Schultz told KSL that the initial review “left important questions unresolved,” adding that further examination — accompanied by transparency and accountability — is necessary to “establish the facts and to maintain public confidence.”
The coalition then announced that they will conduct their own independent investigation, saying the process will “be conducted objectively and thoroughly because maintaining trust in our institutions is essential.”
The League of Women Voters of Utah, for whom Reymann represented, is a group committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), according to their website. The organization opposes the SAVE Act and demands the end to the “heinous actions” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the website.
The case, League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature, was decided by a unanimous ruling in July 2024 and determined that Utah lawmakers had overstepped by diminishing the power of a commission created to draw new congressional maps every 10 years, as voted for by the people in Proposition 4 during 2018, KSL reported.
At the time, Schultz called the decision “one of the worst outcomes we’ve ever seen,” according to KSL.
A timeline and the specifics of the independent investigation announced by Cox, Adams and Schultz were not included in KSL’s report.
The Daily Caller reached out to Diana Hagen but has not heard back as of publication.
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Trump needs to go full Pinochet.
Americas “elites”: Thoroughly corrupt and degenerate. What’s to be done involves a particular tree.
It’s Utah. They’re just practicing in case bigamy is legalized again...
The attorney is a Democrat. So by definition there can be no conflict of interest or any other impropriety. Only Republicans can act wrongly.
The legislature needs to just pass another map.
In all seriousness, I’m not too keen on banking any allegations made by an ex during an ugly divorce case. Investigate the alleged affair for potential bias by the judge? Sure. But run with it like it’s front page news? Nope. Allegations sourced from a divorce case should very much be treated as innocent until proven guilty.
Women have no business as judges or lawyers.
No thanks... he isn’t stable enough. And nobody would obey his Pinochet orders these days.
I can’t keep up with what’s been going down
I think my heart must just be slowing down
Among the human beings, in their designer jeans
Am I the only one who hears the screams?
And the strangled cries of lawyers in love
-Jackson Browne
Why can’t all you people keep it in your pants?
Why are so many people out there sex fiends?
Litigants with benefits???
Maybe because they have no meaning in their lives beyond 'bread and circuses'.
(Laz has left the chat)
WTH is going on in MORMON UTAH?????
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