Ex-attorney general candidate (R) charged with bribery reaches plea deal

The bribery case against a Utah lawyer who ran for attorney general in 2024 will be dismissed in a year if he doesn’t run for public office again and takes on two legal cases without charging those clients, court records show.

The terms of his plea agreement also place Frank Mylar on probation and bar him from committing any offense beyond a minor traffic violation. On Jan. 2 in Salt Lake City’s 3rd District Court, Mylar entered a guilty plea to a reduced charge of bribery in elections, a class A misdemeanor. The plea be held in abeyance, court records state, meaning it will be dismissed in January 2027 if he follows the conditions.

Mylar, a Republican candidate and longtime Utah attorney, was originally charged in July 2024 with a third-degree felony count of election bribery. He lost in the Republican primary in June after receiving 24% of the vote.

Prosecutors said he sent a text message to fellow GOP candidate for attorney general Trent Christensen in April 2024, saying “If you could endorse me before the convention I would definitely include you in my office. Think about it for a few days.”



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