A top aide to former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder testified against his former boss on Wednesday, describing him as a larger-than-life personality who demanded loyalty above all else.
The same FBI agents who helped convict former Cincinnati City Councilman PG Sittenfeld, simultaneously built a separate corruption case in 2019 at the statehouse.
Jurors heard secret recordings on Monday as prosecutors continue to mount their case in a statehouse pay-to-play trial in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.
An attorney for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder accused a federal judge of being biased and asked if he had 'personal animosity,' toward his client.
Larry Householder and former GOP chair Matt Borges are facing a jury trial together, both accused of racketeering conspiracy, a charge more often associated with organized crime bosses.