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Biden administration in fraught position with some Trump-appointed US attorneys Distrust of Trump-era appointees led the Biden administration to appoint a career Justice Department official as acting attorney general while it waits for the US Senate to confirm Merrick Garland, the President’s nominee to lead the department. But dozens of top Trump-appointed prosecutors remain on the job while the new administration works to nominate its own appointees. For now, the department has told the Tru...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The new owners of two Ohio nuclear power plants have given indications they are no longer interested in receiving as much as $1 billion in subsidies handed out in a tainted...

1:10 The dark money nonprofit or 501(c)4 group Generation Now has pleaded guilty to a racketeering charge, admitting it was used to funnel tens of millions of dollars in bribes from the utility to Householder. Federal prosecutor David Devillers explained last summer the money helped Householder become speaker and pass the law that would authorize more than a billion dollars in subsidies for two nuclear plants formerly owned by FirstEnergy. “The codefendants in this case along with Larry Hou...

Statehouse News Bureau Rep. Larry Householder (R-Glenford) talked to reporters on September 1, 2020, after returning to the House for the first time since his July arrest in a $61 million bribery scheme. There’s another plea deal in the federal corruption case involving former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford), the former chair of the Ohio Republican Party and a utility widely believed to be FirstEnergy. That case has been called the largest bribery scandal in state history. T...

Feb 4, 2021 In this Nov. 19 file photo, David M. DeVillers, U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Ohio, speaks at a news conference, in Kenwood, near Cincinnati. DeVillers, who was an appointee of former President Donald Trump, is leading an investigation into a $60 million bribery probe at the Ohio Statehouse involving racketeering charges against five individuals last summer, including former Republican House Speaker Larry Householder. He says his imminent departure from the office wont affe...

Prosecutor who launched Ohio bribery probe to depart soon By Julie Carr Smyth and Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The federal prosecutor leading an investigation into a $60 million bribery probe at the Ohio Statehouse says his imminent departure from the office won’t affect the outcome of the case. U.S. Attorney David DeVillers announced the investigation in July, considered the biggest ever criminal probe involving the seat of Ohio government. He has promised ...

Prosecutor who launched Ohio bribery probe to depart soon JULIE CARR SMYTH and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS © Albert Cesare FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020 file photo David M. DeVillers, U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Ohio, speaks at a news conference, in Kenwood, Ohio near Cincinnati. DeVillers, who was an appointee of former President Donald Trump, is leading an investigation into a $60 million bribery probe at the Ohio Statehouse, involving racketeering charges against five i...

Updated: 5:45 PM EST February 1, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Nationwide Childrens Researcher has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and must pay $2.6 million in restitution for conspiring to steal trade secrets. Li Chen, 48, also conspired to commit wire fraud, according to U.S. District Attorney David DeVillers. Chen admitted in her guilty plea in July 2020 to stealing scientific trade secrets related to exosomes and exosome isolation from Nationwide Children’s Hospit...

Thomas Winklebach, 79, pleaded guilty in July 2020 to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.

and last updated 2021-01-28 18:49:20-05 CINCINNATI — Prosecutors call it a secret slush fund where Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld deposited $40,000 from undercover FBI agents, allegedly in exchange for his support on a Downtown development project. But Sittenfeld’s attorney, Charlie Rittgers, said the PAC at the heart of the government’s corruption case is legal, transparent and follows Federal Election Commission rules. What U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Cole bel...