Gaming the Games: SLC’s 2002 Olympic bribery scandal rocked the world. Here’s a timeline.

As Utah prepares to welcome the world again in 2034, a look back at this seminal moment and the resulting investigations that led to sweeping reforms.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tom Welch addresses the media outside of federal court on Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, in Salt Lake City. Former Salt Lake Olympic bid committee members Welch and Dave Johnson were acquitted by U.S. District Judge David Sam on all 15 counts of their bribery trial.

Gaming the Games: SLC’s 2002 Olympic bribery scandal rocked the world. Here’s a timeline.

As Utah prepares to welcome the world again in 2034, a look back at this seminal moment and the resulting investigations that led to sweeping reforms.

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