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Every day anecdotes emerge from Ohio's billion-dollar bailout bribery trial showcasing gargantuan levels of arrogance, corruption, and enabling among energy executives and Ohio's most powerful Republican politicians, writes OCJ Editor David DeWitt.
Lobbyist Juan Cespedes testified Larry Householder accepted bribes from a FirstEnergy subsidiary in exchange for bailing out Ohio's two nuclear power plants.
A lobbyist while pleaded guilty in Ohio's billion-dollar bailout political bribery scandal testified Monday that campaign checks from First Energy funneled through dark money groups were "specifically tied" to the bailout.
When a $400,000 check was slid across a table, it was clear what it was for
CINCINNATI — On Oct. 10, 2018, then-Rep. Larry Householder met with lobbyists representing a subsidiary of FirstEnergy in offices at 65 E. State Street that Householder shared with a 501©(4)