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Ohio House ex-speaker's trial in $60M bribery probe to begin | 2023-01-19 20:12:55

A trial for Larry Householder regarding the largest corruption case in Ohio's history is set to begin next week. Householder was allegedly involved in a $60 million bribery scheme.

The legislation would require lobbyists to disclose how much companies are paying them and search for the financial disclosure of elected officials.

The upcoming trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder hung heavy over Wednesday’s meeting of the Columbus Metropolitan Club discussing dark money and utility corruption in Ohio.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/ohio-house-ex-speakers-trial-in-60m-bribery-probe-to-begin/"></div>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 largest corruption case in state history. The 2 1/2 years since the Republican’s arrest have seen the to...

Jury selection is set to begin Friday morning in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati in the largest bribery case in Ohio history.

Federal prosecutors said Householder operated a dark money group that received millions of dollars from FirstEnergy in what has been called the biggest political corruption case in Ohio history.

Franklin County commissioners named Dr. Andrea McCollom acting coroner after Dr. Anahi Ortiz retired. McCollom previously worked in Cuyahoga County.

A Butler County father and son were sentenced on Friday in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation. Paul Seymour Sr. and Paul Seymour Jr. received 12 months probation for illegally demonstrating.

A Cincinnati man was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison and 84 months of supervised release after federal agents discovered he was attempting to pimp out underaged girls.