News Report on Judge Graf's Appointment
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A mobile screenshot of a WEAR News 3 article about the appointment of Judge Tony F. Graf, Jr. to Utah's Fourth District Court. Two passages carry hand-drawn red underlines.
The article reads: "When Utah Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Graf to the 4th District Court in May, he praised him as someone who brings 'a steady hand, strong ethics, and the kind of judgment we count on in Utah's judiciary.' Still, no one expected his first major assignment would come so quickly after he was sworn in on Aug. 4, 2025. 'It's not something he asked for,' Evershed said. 'It's not something anyone could have anticipated.'" It continues: "Before becoming a judge, Graf prosecuted sex abuse cases in Davis County. His resume also includes time leading the Special Victims Unit for the Utah County Attorney's Office, serving as an assistant attorney general in American Samoa, and working as a special assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C."
The two underlines mark the swearing-in date of August 4, 2025 — five weeks before the assassination — and the Washington, D.C. posting. Researchers annotate those for a timing argument, not because anything improper is alleged. Judges do not choose their assignments, and the article itself quotes a colleague saying nobody could have anticipated it. No claim of wrongdoing by Judge Graf is made here or supported anywhere. See Judge Tony Graf and Judges.
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