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Once a rising political star, PG Sittenfeld now faces up to 41 months in prison when a federal judge sentences him on Tuesday in a public corruption sting.
A federal judge sentenced the former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party to five years in prison on Friday, for his supporting role in a massive dark money corruption enterprise.
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.