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Republican ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is directly contradicting FBI testimony at his corruption trial in Cincinnati. Taking the stand for the first time Wednesday, the 63-year-old Householder denied attending swanky Washington dinners where prosecutors allege he and executives of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. hatched a $60 million bribery scheme at the heart of their case in 2017. Householder looked relaxed and confident during his first day of testimony. He told jurors in U.S. District Court he never demanded loyalty from his members or pressured them to vote for nuclear bailout ...

Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder directly contradicted FBI testimony in his corruption trial Wednesday, taking the stand for the first time to deny attending a series of swanky dinners in Washington, D.C. where prosecutors have alleged he and executives of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. hatched a $60 million bribery scheme in 2017.

The former Ohio House Speaker is directly contradicting FBI testimony at his corruption trial in Cincinnati.

On the witness stand, Householder introduced himself as a guy from Appalachia who had worked for years to protect Ohio’s energy independence.

Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, contradicting FBI testimony, denied hosting dinners with executives where a bribery scheme was allegedly conceived.