Overview
- Justice Hagen, who stepped down Friday, denied wrongdoing and said she resigned to protect her family’s privacy during intense public scrutiny.
- Republican leaders announced an investigation last month into claims she had an improper relationship with attorney David Reymann, a lawyer in Utah’s high-profile redistricting case.
- The allegations trace to her ex-husband’s account of “suggestive” texts, which both Hagen and Reymann deny.
- The Judicial Conduct Commission reviewed the complaint and dismissed it as speculative, overstated, and misleading before state leaders pressed for further review and possible reforms.
- Hagen said her last work on the redistricting matter was in October 2024 and that she recused from any cases involving Reymann in May 2025, and her departure now gives the governor a new appointment that could alter the court’s balance.