Top Utah officials, including Gov. Spencer Cox, have launched an investigation into state Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen.
Cox, in addition to Utah state Senate President J. Stuart Adams and Utah state House Speaker Mike Schultz, suspect Hagen had an inappropriate relationship with an attorney who’d been arguing redistricting cases before her.
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This suspicion is based on allegations contained in a complaint that was filed last year by another attorney who claimed Hagen’s ex-husband had told him about her “inappropriate” text messages with attorney David Reymann, according to station KSL.
Both Hagen and Reymann have denied the allegations. Their supporters have suggested that the desire for an investigation stems from Republican anger over Hagen joining a unanimous decision two years ago to toss out a GOP redistricting plan.
Hagen and Reymann are backed by the Judicial Conduct Commission, which already investigated the allegations and found them to be “speculative, overstated, and misleading,” according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
However, neither Cox, Schultz, nor Adams were convinced. In a joint statement, the three said the commission’s investigation “left important questions unresolved.”
“Allegations of this nature, especially involving public officials, must be examined with transparency and accountability to establish the facts and to maintain public confidence,” they continued.
“We will move forward with an independent investigation to ensure the facts are fully examined. This process will be conducted objectively and thoroughly, because maintaining trust in our institutions is essential,” the three added.
The allegations from the ex-husband, Tobin Hagen, are that around the time his marriage was falling apart in 2024, he saw “inappropriate text messages” between her and Reymann.
However, in a declaration to the Judicial Conduct Commission, she vowed that she’d been “faithful to my ex-husband for more than 30 years.”
“I never engaged in extramarital sex with anyone prior to our separation,” she added.
They were officially divorced in April of last year.
“While my ex-husband’s accusations of adultery are false and the intimate details of my failed marriage have nothing to do with my judicial duties or my strict adherence to the Code of Judicial Conduct, I have chosen to self-report these allegations to the Commission to officially refute them under oath,” she continued.
But there’s a problem.
She also admitted in her declaration that both she and her then-husband had attended an event at Reymann’s home on Nov. 3, 2024, which was less than two weeks after she wrote an opinion in a redistricting case.
According to Fox News, on Friday the Utah Supreme Court issued a public statement on her behalf denying that there had ever been any conflict of interest vis-a-vis the redistricting cases.
“My last involvement in the redistricting case was October 2024,” she said. “I voluntarily recused myself from all cases involving Mr. Reymann in May 2025, and my recusal was reflected in the Court’s September 15, 2025 opinion in League of Women Voters.”
“I took prompt, prudent, and transparent steps in response to the allegations made by my ex-husband, including reporting them myself to the Judicial Conduct Commission and submitting a sworn statement. The Judicial Conduct Commission recently reviewed the matter, dismissed the complaint, and closed the case. I remain committed to upholding the highest standards of judicial ethics, integrity, and impartiality,” she added.
Meanwhile, on Friday the Utah Supreme Court issued a statement of its own claiming that the allegations against Hagen had been “inappropriately released to the public,” as reported by Utah News Dispatch.
“Despite their protected status, records of the Judicial Conduct Commission were inappropriately released to the public,” the court said. ” The Judiciary does not have access to those records and did not release them. The Judicial Conduct Commission has indicated that they did not release them.”
“The inappropriate release of these materials prompted renewed questioning about allegations that were previously investigated and dismissed in accordance with the process established by the Utah Constitution,” the court added.
Schultz later defended the release of the records, saying, “We followed the statue in releasing these records.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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