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Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to a maximum of 20 years in prison for his role as ringleader in a $60 million bribery scheme....
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)