Utah Republican resigns after meeting prostitute in state-funded hotel room.
(SALT LAKE CITY) — The Utah House of Representatives was investigating Thursday whether a lawmaker who abruptly resigned used a state-issued cellphone and hotel room paid for with taxpayer money to arrange trysts with a prostitute.
House Speaker Greg Hughes declined to comment on a report in British newspaper the Daily Mail that alleged former Republican Rep. Jon Stanard twice hired a prostitute in 2017.
But House Chief of Staff Greg Hartley said he was checking legislative records to see if the chamber paid for hotel stays and the cellphone that the report alleges Stanard used.
Phone and text messages left with Stanard’s cellphone were not returned, but it indicated he read the texts seeking comment. His lawyer, Wally Bugden, declined to comment and did not respond to a follow-up email asking if he was denying the allegations.
http://time.com/5140468/jon-stanard-utah-prostitute-investigation/
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