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Harry Reid’s name surfaces in Utah bribery case against two former attorneys general
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Utah Busts 2 Ex-AGs on Bevy of Corruption Charges
Swallow and Shurtleff Arrested
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking during a ceremony to posthumously present a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg in honor of his heroism during the Holocaust, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wallenberg’s work as Sweden’s envoy in Budapest in 1944 was a cover for a humanitarian mission as secret emissary of the U.S. War Refugee Board, created in an attempt to stem the annihilation of Europe’s Jews. He saved at least 20,000 Jews in Budapest by giving them Swedish travel documents or moving them to safe houses and is also credited with dissuading German officers from massacring the 70,000 inhabitants of the city’s ghetto. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By John Solomon
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The Washington Times
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Utah prosecutors on Tuesday filed criminal charges against two former state attorneys general in a court filing that makes tantalizing references to a possible pay-to-play influence scheme involving U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Utah County District Attorney Sim Gill charged former Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff with numerous felony state crimes, including bribery, acceptance of illegal gifts, evidence tampering and a “pattern of unlawful activity.”
The charges were expected for months, and both men were taken into custody. Mr. Shurtleff served for many years as Utah’s top law enforcement official before retiring in 2013 and was succeeded by Mr. Swallow, who resigned in controversy after just a year. Both are Republicans.
“This is a sad day for Utah,” said Gov. Gary R. Herbert, who said that no matter what happens with the two men in court, it has become “a black eye for our state.”
Both Mr. Shurtleff and Mr. Swallow maintained their innocence, according to The Associated Press and other local news accounts.
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While the charges are major news in Utah, it was the mention of two senators — Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican — that could reach Washington’s corridors of power.
The documents detail efforts by a federally indicted Utah businessman, Jeremy Johnson, to secure meetings with Mr. Reid and Mr. Hatch, where Mr. Johnson hoped to enlist their help in fighting off an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.
Prosecutors revealed one email where Mr. Swallow told Mr. Shurtleff that Mr. Johnson was seeking a meeting with Mr. Hatch about the FTC.
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A spokesman for Mr. Hatch said that Mr. Shurtleff and Mr. Swallow duped the senator into taking a meeting with Mr. Johnson, but he never intervened with the FTC.
A month after that email, Mr. Swallow sent an email to Mr. Johnson saying he had spoken with another businessman, Richard Rawle, who held himself out as a go-between who could reach Mr. Reid “through a contact person.”
According to the court document, Mr. Swallow told Mr. Johnson “the price to obtain access to Rawle’s contact person likely ‘won’t be cheap.’” Days later, in an Oct. 7, 2010, email message with the subject line of “Senator Reid,” Mr. Johnson wrote to Mr. Rawle asking about the connection.
“I talked with John Swallow, and he said you might have some connections to Reid that might be helpful to us,” Mr. Johnson wrote in the email to Mr. Rawle, citing his problems with the FTC.
The court records show Mr. Johnson subsequently wired money to an account controlled by Mr. Rawle totaling $250,000, and that Mr. Rawle subsequently sent payments of $8,500 and $15,000 to Mr. Swallow from that same account.
The court records make no further mention of whether a Reid meeting ever occurred.
However, Mr. Johnson has said that after he was indicted by federal authorities, he was told the money was supposed to be spent securing Mr. Reid’s help in the FTC issue.
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Harry Reid’s name surfaces in Utah bribery case against two former attorneys general
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Utah Busts 2 Ex-AGs on Bevy of Corruption Charges
Swallow and Shurtleff Arrested
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The Washington Times
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Utah prosecutors on Tuesday filed criminal charges against two former state attorneys general in a court filing that makes tantalizing references to a possible pay-to-play influence scheme involving U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Utah County District Attorney Sim Gill charged former Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff with numerous felony state crimes, including bribery, acceptance of illegal gifts, evidence tampering and a “pattern of unlawful activity.”
The charges were expected for months, and both men were taken into custody. Mr. Shurtleff served for many years as Utah’s top law enforcement official before retiring in 2013 and was succeeded by Mr. Swallow, who resigned in controversy after just a year. Both are Republicans.
“This is a sad day for Utah,” said Gov. Gary R. Herbert, who said that no matter what happens with the two men in court, it has become “a black eye for our state.”
Both Mr. Shurtleff and Mr. Swallow maintained their innocence, according to The Associated Press and other local news accounts.
Enlarge PhotoThis combination of Tuesday, July 15, 2014 photos provided by the Salt ... more >
While the charges are major news in Utah, it was the mention of two senators — Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican — that could reach Washington’s corridors of power.
The documents detail efforts by a federally indicted Utah businessman, Jeremy Johnson, to secure meetings with Mr. Reid and Mr. Hatch, where Mr. Johnson hoped to enlist their help in fighting off an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.
Prosecutors revealed one email where Mr. Swallow told Mr. Shurtleff that Mr. Johnson was seeking a meeting with Mr. Hatch about the FTC.
SEE ALSO: Harry Reid declares border ‘secure’
A spokesman for Mr. Hatch said that Mr. Shurtleff and Mr. Swallow duped the senator into taking a meeting with Mr. Johnson, but he never intervened with the FTC.
A month after that email, Mr. Swallow sent an email to Mr. Johnson saying he had spoken with another businessman, Richard Rawle, who held himself out as a go-between who could reach Mr. Reid “through a contact person.”
According to the court document, Mr. Swallow told Mr. Johnson “the price to obtain access to Rawle’s contact person likely ‘won’t be cheap.’” Days later, in an Oct. 7, 2010, email message with the subject line of “Senator Reid,” Mr. Johnson wrote to Mr. Rawle asking about the connection.
“I talked with John Swallow, and he said you might have some connections to Reid that might be helpful to us,” Mr. Johnson wrote in the email to Mr. Rawle, citing his problems with the FTC.
The court records show Mr. Johnson subsequently wired money to an account controlled by Mr. Rawle totaling $250,000, and that Mr. Rawle subsequently sent payments of $8,500 and $15,000 to Mr. Swallow from that same account.
The court records make no further mention of whether a Reid meeting ever occurred.
However, Mr. Johnson has said that after he was indicted by federal authorities, he was told the money was supposed to be spent securing Mr. Reid’s help in the FTC issue.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...faces-utah-bribery-case-agains/#ixzz37gwzvD00
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