bruce bowser
2023-03-12 18:41:54 UTC
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| After more than nine hours of deliberation, a jury on
| Thursday found former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder
| and state Republican Chairman Matt Borges guilty of felony
| racketeering charges in connection with a billion-dollar
| utility bailout that was passed in 2019.
|
| Both men face maximum sentences of 20 years in what
| prosecutors said was likely biggest bribery and money
| laundering scandal in Ohio history. U.S. District Judge
| Timothy Black will schedule a sentencing hearing.
| ...
| As part of the racketeering scheme, Akron-based FirstEnergy
| and other utilities paid tens of millions into an effort to
| elect friendly lawmakers in 2018 who would vote to make
| Householder speaker the following year. Immediately after
| taking the speaker's gavel, Householder worked furiously to
| pass a $1.3 billion bailout, the vast majority of which
| benefited FirstEnergy subsidiary FirstEnergy Services.
| ...
<https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/03/10/former-ohio-speaker-gop-chair-found-guilty-of-racketeering/>
--bks
Train derailments in Ohio seem like a “pattern” to some local residents.| After more than nine hours of deliberation, a jury on
| Thursday found former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder
| and state Republican Chairman Matt Borges guilty of felony
| racketeering charges in connection with a billion-dollar
| utility bailout that was passed in 2019.
|
| Both men face maximum sentences of 20 years in what
| prosecutors said was likely biggest bribery and money
| laundering scandal in Ohio history. U.S. District Judge
| Timothy Black will schedule a sentencing hearing.
| ...
| As part of the racketeering scheme, Akron-based FirstEnergy
| and other utilities paid tens of millions into an effort to
| elect friendly lawmakers in 2018 who would vote to make
| Householder speaker the following year. Immediately after
| taking the speaker's gavel, Householder worked furiously to
| pass a $1.3 billion bailout, the vast majority of which
| benefited FirstEnergy subsidiary FirstEnergy Services.
| ...
<https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/03/10/former-ohio-speaker-gop-chair-found-guilty-of-racketeering/>
--bks
-- Jim Jordan (R-OH)
-- https://mobile.twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1632880242833383428