Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has accepted a pending settlement with the state for $600,000 related to criminal charges filed against him that were subsequently dropped in 2016.
Shurtleff said Thursday that he agreed to the payment — which requires approval by the state’s Legislative Management Committee — despite it falling short of the more-than-$1 million he owes to his attorneys.
But the settlement does not end litigation that Shurtleff filed in federal court against the various state and federal law enforcement agencies who investigated him and his successor, John Swallow, on corruption-related allegations.