State and federal officials are asking a judge to toss a $60 million civil rights lawsuit filed earlier this year by former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who is suing everyone involved in investigating and charging him with public corruption four years ago.
It was one of Utah’s most sweeping political scandals in state history, which resulted in the dismissal of all charges against Shurtleff in 2016.
But Shurtleff argues in a civil lawsuit that even though charges were dropped, the damage still remains. His arrest, the search and seizure of his property and his prosecution caused “humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life, and other pain and suffering,” he wrote in the civil suit filed in June.