White House eyes alleged Utah scandal as GOP frets about redistricting loss

White House officials are closely monitoring an alleged Utah scandal, leaning on Republicans there to delve further into ethics concerns about a relationship between two key players in a high-profile gerrymandering case, sources told CBS News. It's another twist in an ongoing battle over Utah's court-ordered congressional map that made a GOP-majority district much friendlier for Democrats, and a new tactic in the Trump administration's push to hold Republicans' slim majority in the U.S. House. Lawmakers in the state legislature are asking questions about Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen's relationship with David Reymann, an attorney for Parr Brown, which represented the League of Women Voters of Utah, who was one of the plaintiff's attorneys asserting Republicans' proposed congressional maps were illegal. Hagen wrote the opinion in a unanimous 2024 ruling that found GOP lawmakers had overstepped by changing Proposition 4, which prohibits gerrymandering. Political reaction It was unclear if the alleged conflict of interest involving Hagen and Reymann could overturn the new congressional boundaries and help Republicans claw back a GOP-majority district. "There's just a lot of unknowns at this point," Kirk Cullimore, the Utah Senate majority leader, told CBS News. Cullimore noted Hagen in a letter recused herself from considering matters connected to Reymann. …