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Lawyers for John Swallow on Tuesday are expected to call witnesses to defend the former Utah attorney general from public corruption-related criminal charges.

Between six and eight witnesses are expected to take the stand on Swallow's behalf. Among them are political experts and several attorneys, including one who advised Swallow on campaign finance disclosures.

This is the fourth week of Swallow's 3rd District Court trial on 10 felony and misdemeanor counts. On Thursday, prosecutors dropped three of the original 13 charges Swallow was facing.

On Friday, the defense decided not to call former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to testify. The defense also said it would not call Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes or Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings.

The jury of 12 is expected to be handed the case for deliberations this week.

If convicted, Swallow faces up to 30 years in prison.

The latest from Day 13 of the trial:

3:40 p.m.

Prosecutors, without explanation, asked Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills to dismiss Count 10, which alleges John Swallow tampered with evidence by allegedly asking an attorney general's office computer technician to erase the hard drive of his state-issued laptop and desktop computers.

The judge complied, leaving Swallow facing nine counts when the case goes to the jury.

2 p.m.

John Swallow decided not to testify in his own behalf, and prosecutors did not call any rebuttal witnesses.

Final jury instructions and closing arguments are set to begin Wednesday at 10 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

John Swallow's defense rested its side of the case shortly after noon Tuesday after calling five witnesses, including experts in politics, estate planning and a close confidant of the former attorney general.

Swallow did not take the stand in his own defense.

Defense attorney Scott C. Williams told the court the decision to rest was based on the "state of the case right now."

Prosecutors may call rebuttal witnesses Tuesday afternoon.

Closing arguments are expected Wednesday and then the case goes to a jury.

11:20 a.m.

An expert in political campaigns told the jury Tuesday that amendments to financial disclosure reports are legal and common at every level of politics.

Greg Marx is president of Atlanta-based Madison Strategies, which has worked on six presidential campaigns — including Mitt Romney's 2008 bid for the White House — numerous legislative races and with candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court. He was hired as an expert by the John Swallow defense team.

Some of the criminal counts faced by Swallow are tied to the alterations to campaign finance disclosure reports for a 2012 fundraiser. The Bell fundraiser was first listed as a $15,000 contribution. In 2013, it was amended down to $1,000 at the request of the campaign. A third amendment in 2014 placed the value at $28,000.

On the stand, Marx said he conducted an analysis of Utah campaign finance reports between 2007 and 2017. In all, Marx said he found some 2,602 amendments.

That may sound high, but under cross-examination, prosecutors noted — and Marx agreed — that is only one amendment for every 176 reports.

9:25 a.m.

A judge has ruled on the final two counts of a directed verdict motion to toss out criminal charges filed against formal Utah Attorney General John Swallow.

Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills denied the motion to dismiss counts of receiving or soliciting a bribe and making false or material misstatements.

The bribery count relates to alterations in Swallow's campaign finance reports about the value of a fundraiser.

The false-statements count is tied to statements Swallow allegedly made in a 2013 deposition about calendar entries for consulting work outside his job in the attorney general's office.

The judge had previously denied a motion to dismiss eight other counts, including racketeering, accepting a prohibited gift, money laundering and evidence tampering.

8:55 a.m.

The day began with the defense asking to argue three motions it filed over the weekend and on Monday. Swallow's lawyers contend the Salt Lake County district attorney's office must to decide which alleged criminal act — bribery or extortion — is the basis for the racketeering charge for which the former Republican officeholder is on trial.

"These charges are mutually exclusive, and the same facts cannot support both allegations because they cannot both be true," Swallow attorney Scott C. Williams wrote in court papers filed Monday.

Two other motions ask Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills to strike some witness testimony — one on due-process grounds and the other citing hearsay.