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A court upholds the racketeering convictions of an ex-Ohio House speaker and a lobbyist in a $60M bribery scheme
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist on Tuesday in a $60 million bribery scheme… Read More
Republican ex-Ohio House speaker Larry Householder plans to ask Trump for clemency
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder – now serving a 20-year prison sentence for corruption – plans to ask incoming president Trump for clemency… Read More
Activists ask Ohio’s attorney general to scrap FirstEnergy’s business license over HB 6 scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition of environmental, good government and community activists are making a request of Ohio’s attorney general that has little hope of success: get… Read More
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is indicted on state charges
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been indicted on multiple state felony charges. The charges announced by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost… Read More
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery
By: Jared Clayton Brown | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to spend 20 years in prison on Thursday for bribery. The judge gave Householder the maximum sentence… Read More
A former Householder ally testifies against the ex-Ohio House speaker in his racketeering trial
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lobbyist for a former subsidiary of FirstEnergy who admitted guilt in the scandal involving the nuclear bailout law known as House Bill 6 took… Read More
A juror’s COVID diagnosis halts Householder’s corruption trial
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The corruption trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was temporarily paused Wednesday after a juror tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Timothy Black… Read More
A FirstEnergy Corp. executive testifies the utility bled cash before alleged Ohio speaker bribes
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — An arm of FirstEnergy Corp. was “bleeding cash” as it explored options for the two aging nuclear plants eventually rescued by Ohio House legislation that federal prosecutors say former… Read More
Attorneys deliver opening statements in the trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S prosecutors told a jury Monday that they will see evidence that proves Larry Householder and Matt Borges took part in a conspiracy for… Read More
Ohio House ex-speaker’s trial in $60M bribery probe is set to begin
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder goes on trial next week in the highest-profile reckoning yet to arise from a $60 million federal bribery investigation that federal prosecutors call the… Read More