COLUMBUS – Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, three city council members from Cincinnati, four from Toledo and one from Cleveland all face criminal charges in connection with allegations of bribery and corruption on the job.
All are innocent unless proven guilty but only one, Householder, can t be suspended from his job under Ohio law.
State law allows Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost to file a request with the Ohio Supreme Court to suspend local officials accused of felonies related to their official duties. But that law doesn t apply to state lawmakers and other statewide elected officials.
Householder is accused of participating in a $61 million bribery scheme that helped elect him to lead the Ohio House of Representatives, pass a $1 billion bailout for nuclear plants and defend that law against a ballot initiative to block it.
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