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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has accepted a $600,000 settlement from the state to pay for legal fees accrued during an abandoned criminal case against him.
The Deseret News reported Wednesday that Shurtleff faced multiple charges including bribery before a jury found him not guilty.
Officials say members of the Legislative Management Committee are expected to consider the settlement at their Oct. 16 meeting.
Shurtleff said Thursday he has agreed to the settlement, which Gov. Gary Herbert has approved, but it still needs to be finalized by the committee.
"I’m just glad it’s done," he said. "I'm not happy with it obviously. ... I’m getting back one-third of what I had to put into it."
He said he had spent everything he had to pay his attorneys in the case.
"This takes care of a good chunk of their fees," he said. "It's just good to be done."
Shurtleff says the settlement does not end a multimillion-dollar civil rights lawsuit against law enforcement he claims falsely charged and prosecuted him for public corruption in 2014.
The Legislature says they approved a $1.5 million settlement to his successor John Swallow who was acquitted of bribery in a related case.
Current Republican Attorney General Sean Reyes had no comment on the settlement.
Contributing: Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com
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