Not so Much an Investigation, but an Inquiry is in Order

   So, the House Republicans want another investigation, before they will consider impeaching Utah Attorney General John Swallow.You know, it is not so much another investigation that is needed, as an accounting. There is a fair display of evidence on the table. What we need now is for John Swallow to talk more, to explain better why the money he took in the Jeremy Johnson case should not be considered wrongful, and whether it helped fund efforts to buy help from Sen. Harry Reid. We need a better explanation from Swallow on why, as Mark Shurtleff's fundraising chief, his stay at a resort at the expense of someone being investigated by Shurtleff's office should not be considered a wrongful thing.
   It is not so much an investigation that we need, but an inquiry. It is not new allegations that need to be sought. The allegations are already there. What is needed is for John Swallow to speak up.
   Oh, I am not altogether against an investigation. I just don't think an expensive one is in order. It's an opportunity for someone to make some money. Always wary of lobbyists, I'd say if any law firm or investigative company has suggested an investigation might be helpful, they should be ruled out when it comes time to select the investigator.
   Maybe I'm wrong to suppose they are going to even hire someone. Maybe the Utah House members plan to do their own investigating. What would be so wrong with them picking up the phone, going to the prison to interview, and doing the other things an investigation might require? It's their investigation, let them investigate.