John Swallow (born November 10, 1962) is a Republican politician and former Attorney General of Utah. Just prior, he served as Chief Deputy Attorney General overseeing civil litigation. Swallow has been a lawyer since 1990 and was a member of the Utah State House of Representatives from 1996 to 2002. In December 2009, John Swallow was appointed Chief Deputy Attorney General for Utah. While serving as Chief Deputy, some of his most prominent projects included the fights to overturn the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to gain state control of Utah’s federally controlled lands. In November 2012, Swallow won the election for Utah Attorney General with a 64 to 30 percent victory.On November 21, 2013, Swallow resigned, after less than a year in office, following Federal and State investigations of alleged improprieties on his part. He was later arrested on July 2014, along with his predecessor Mark Shurtleff on corruption charges. On March 2nd, 2017, Swallow was acquitted of all charges.