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The trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges revealed more details of how FirstEnergy campaigned for House Bill 6 and the role Borges played in their lobbying effort.
The trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges revealed more details of how FirstEnergy campaigned for House Bill 6 and the role Borges played in their lobbying effort.
One year later, ex-Ohio GOP leader accused in House Bill 6 scandal fights case against him Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer © Provided Former Ohio Republican Party chairman Matt Borges founded a super PAC to elect Democrat Joe Biden. Former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges didn't understand what was happening when he was arrested early July 21, 2020. When he arrived at the U.S. Marshals Service, Borges realized he wasn't being charged with a mistake on his taxes. "I look to my left and I see (then-House Speaker) Larry Householder sitting in a jail cell,"...
The federal accusations Borges, Householder and three others are accused of participating in a nearly $61 million bribery scheme to help Householder win control of the Ohio House in early 2019, pass a $1 billion bailout for the two nuclear plants and defend that law – House Bill 6 – against a ballot initiative to block it. Householder and Borges have pleaded not guilty to racketeering, asserting their innocence publicly. Householder's strategist Jeff Longstreth and FirstEnergy Solutions lobbyist Juan Cespedes have pleaded guilty to their roles. GOP superlobbyist Neil Clark, who pleade...