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If jurors rely on their common sense they'll know FirstEnergy gave Larry Householder $60 million for one reason: to pass a billion-dollar bailout for the company, federal prosecutors asserted Tuesday. Householder's defense said they're lying.

The same FBI agents who helped convict former Cincinnati City Councilman PG Sittenfeld, simultaneously built a separate corruption case in 2019 at the statehouse.

Ohioans best pay close attention to what emerges from the trial prosecutors characterized as the biggest bribery scandal in Ohios history, the Dispatch Editorial Board writes.

Opening arguments in the trial of Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, and Matt Borges, former FirstEnergy lobbyist, are set to begin Monday.

Join CMC as we untangle the ongoing HB6 scandal in Ohio, unpack the impact on ratepayers and the environment, and examine what can be done to mitigate the damage done to Ohio’s energy policy by “dark money.”

Larry Householder and former Ohio GOP chairman and lobbyist Matthew Borges are standing trial this week on charges that they participated in a “criminal enterprise” that took nearly $61 million in bribes.

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 fede

Federal prosecutors said Householder operated a dark money group that received millions of dollars from FirstEnergy.

Opening arguments in the trial of Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, and Matt Borges, former FirstEnergy lobbyist, are set to begin Monday.

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