SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A lawyer for former state Attorney General John Swallow says a Utah businessman imprisoned for lying to banks will testify that Swallow was not involved in illegally bundling $170,000 in campaign contributions to Utah and Nevada politicians.
The Federal Elections Commission alleges in a lawsuit that Swallow told businessman Jeremy Johnson how to skirt federal laws by giving money to friends and employees who then donated to campaigns for U.S. Sens. Harry Reid of Nevada and Mike Lee of Utah and former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff.
A message left with Johnson’s attorney Wednesday was not returned.
Johnson has denied the allegations and says the lawsuit stems from information he gave in criminal cases against Swallow where the businessman was guaranteed immunity.
Swallow was recently acquitted in that bribery case. Johnson refused to testify against him during the trial.
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