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COLUMBUS – Akron-based FirstEnergy and its leaders want to dismiss a lawsuit brought by shareholders alleging securities fraud, saying the company s political donations were protected by the First Amendment.
FirstEnergy has been under scrutiny since federal prosecutors alleged Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others engaged in a nearly $61 million bribery scheme to pass a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear plants, then owned by FirstEnergy Solutions, and defend that law against a ballot initiative to block it.
A FirstEnergy wholly-owned subsidiary contributed most of that money, the company previously disclosed in a federal lawsuit.
No one from FirstEnergy was arrested or charged with any crime, but the fallout was massive. Within 48 hours of the arrests, FirstEnergy’s shareholders collectively lost $7.6 billion as the parent company’s stock price plummeted 34%.
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