SALT LAKE CITY?Four news organizations have sued Gov. Mike Leavitt, contending he is illegally destroying his email.

The suit filed Tuesday in Third District Court contends Leavitt’s deletion of electronic documents violates the Government Records Access and Management Act and Utah’s Uniform Electronic Transmissions Act and amounts to “destroying public records.”

The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City Weekly and television stations KUTV and KTVX contend the governor is “depriving the public of its constitutional right of access to information concerning the conduct of the public’s business.”