Generation Now, the nonprofit that prosecutors say received millions in bribes, pleads guilty to racketeering charge involving House Bill 6 John Caniglia, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio The nonprofit at the heart of the state’s largest corruption scandal pleaded guilty Friday to a federal racketeering charge involving House Bill 6.
Generation Now helped receive more than $60 million in bribes that FirstEnergy Corp. and its affiliates gave former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and his allies in exchange for the passage of a $1.3 billion bailout for two aging nuclear power plants that a FirstEnergy subsidiary once owned, according to federal court filings.
The plea before U.S. District Judge Timothy Black in Cincinnati called for the forfeiture of nearly $1.5 million. The plea agreement in the case and other documents show the purpose of Generation Now was to take in undisclosed donations from FirstEnergy and its affiliates to benefit Householder.
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Cleveland council president, councilman won’t swear off interaction with former leader of FirstEnergy-funded group critical of CPP
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
Posted Feb 16, 2021
Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley and Councilman Basheer Jones have declined to swear off future interactions with a political consultant despite his connection to a dark-money organization that worked to discredit Cleveland Public Power.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley and Councilman Basheer Jones have declined to swear off future interactions with a political consultant despite his connection to a dark-money organization that worked to discredit Cleveland Public Power.
But Mayor Frank Jackson, while declining to comment specifically about the consultant, said he will not do business with any individual or organization that is found to be working against the city of Cleveland or its people.
Cleveland City Council subpoenas records for dark money campaign against CPP, Mayor Frank Jackson nears FirstEnergy lawsuit decision
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley on Wednesday signed a subpoena for documents dealing with FirstEnergy secretly funding efforts to discredit Cleveland Public Power.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley on Wednesday signed a subpoena for documents dealing with FirstEnergy secretly funding efforts to discredit Cleveland Public Power.
The subpoena, the first to be issued by council in two decades, seeks records from Consumers Against Deceptive Fees, a now defunct advocacy group that had publicly criticized the city’s electric utility.