House Speaker Mike Schultz told FOX 13 News on Thursday he is asking the Utah Attorney General’s Office to conduct an independent investigation into allegations that Rep. Trevor Lee, R-Layton, altered checks and attempted to leverage his position in the state legislature to secure a government contract for a company to pay off debts.
“We take these types of allegations very seriously,” Speaker Schultz, R-Hooper, said. “It’s very important to us to look at it, to maintain public trust with the House of Representatives. We’ve asked the AG’s Office to do an independent investigation to determine their accuracy.”
Rep. Lee calls the accusations, which appeared on a website called stoptrevorlee.com, that emerged on Wednesday, a “political hit job.”…