The Utah House of Representatives investigated whether a lawmaker who abruptly resigned used a state-issued cellphone and a taxpayer-funded hotel room to arrange trysts with a prostitute.
House Speaker Greg Hughes declined to comment on a report from the British newspaper the Daily Mail alleging that former Republican Representative Jon Stanard twice hired a prostitute in 2017.
House Chief of Staff Greg Hartley stated he was checking legislative records to determine if the chamber paid for the hotel stays and the cellphone mentioned in the report.
Stanard stepped down on a Tuesday night and did not respond to messages seeking comment. His lawyer, Walter Bugden, declined to comment and did not respond to inquiries regarding whether he was denying the report from the Daily Mail.
The investigation focused on whether state resources were used by the former representative during the period in question.
