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Generation Now, the nonprofit that prosecutors say received millions in bribes, pleads guilty to racketeering charge involving House Bill 6 John Caniglia, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio The nonprofit at the heart of the state’s largest corruption scandal pleaded guilty Friday to a federal racketeering charge involving House Bill 6.
Generation Now helped receive more than $60 million in bribes that FirstEnergy Corp. and its affiliates gave former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and his allies in exchange for the passage of a $1.3 billion bailout for two aging nuclear power plants that a FirstEnergy subsidiary once owned, according to federal court filings.
The plea before U.S. District Judge Timothy Black in Cincinnati called for the forfeiture of nearly $1.5 million. The plea agreement in the case and other documents show the purpose of Generation Now was to take in undisclosed donations from FirstEnergy and its affiliates to benefit Householder.
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