Presiding judge rejects Swallow motion to toss judge from his case

SALT LAKE CITY — A presiding 3rd District judge Friday rejected former Utah Attorney General John Swallow's effort to remove the judge overseeing the criminal case against him.Associate presiding Judge Ryan Harris found no basis to disqualify Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills. He called the motion, filed by defense attorney Scott Williams on Tuesday, untimely and without merit.Williams argues that Hruby-Mills is biased against Swallow because she refused to hold evidentiary hearings on defense m