We honor Larry Householder today
For the crimes he's had to pay
A 20-year sentence is hard to bear
But it's his due for what he did there
For while ruling as Ohio's house speaker
He was corrupt and tried to seek her
But justice caught up with him at last
And he must pay for his misdeeds in the past

#ohio #householder #corruption #justice #ode #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/convicted-ohio-house-speaker-moved-oklahoma-prison-begin-102623506

After #Householder and Borges sentences, what — or who — comes next?
https://flip.it/pvlbo8
#OHIO #ohioGOP

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/04/18/householder-and-borges-plan-to-ask-judge-to-reverse-guilty-verdicts-and-allow-a-new-trial/

#Householder and #Borges plan to ask judge to reverse guilty verdicts and allow a new trial #Ohio

#OHIO
Ousted #FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones again asserts his innocence, after #Householder guilty verdict
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2023/03/ousted-firstenergy-ceo-chuck-jones-again-asserts-his-innocence-after-householder-guilty-verdict.html
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2023/03/guilty-former-ohio-house-speaker-larry-householder-ex-ohio-gop-chairman-matt-borges-convicted-in-60m-bribery-scheme.html

A guilty verdict reached yesterday for fmr #OhioHouse Spkr Larry #Householder & state Repub Chair Matt Borges on “felony racketeering charges” may have “far-reaching implications for the use of #darkmoney funds paid into 501(c)(4) organizations that don’t have to reveal the sources of their funding,” based on a 2010 #SCOTUS ruling on a case involving #CitizensUnited
#Ohio

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/03/10/former-ohio-speaker-gop-chair-found-guilty-of-racketeering/

Fmr #OhioHouse Spkr Larry #Householder & state Repub Chair Matt Borges were found guilty of felony racketeering charges related to the $1.3B billion-dollar utility bailout legislation benefiting #FirstEnergy & passed in 2019.

“FirstEnergy & other utilities paid tens of millions into an effort to elect friendly lawmakers in 2018 who would vote to make Householder speaker the following year.”

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/03/10/former-ohio-speaker-gop-chair-found-guilty-of-racketeering/

#Householder, #Borges found GUILTY in #Ohio’s largest #bribery scandal
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/verdict-reached-in-householder-bribery-trial
#GOP #republicans #daveYost #bobCupp #jimJordan #mikeDeWine #MAGA criminals

Former #Statehouse lawmakers testify in #Ohio #bailout and #bribery #racketeering trial
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/02/27/former-statehouse-lawmakers-testify-in-ohio-bailout-and-bribery-racketeering-trial-trial/
#Householder #DaveYost #JimJordan #BobCupp

#Householder #corruption trial: Regulator sent resume to utility he was regulating
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/02/13/householder-corruption-trial-regulator-sent-resume-to-utility-he-was-regulating

Corruption trial texts: #OHAG #Yost didn’t speak out against bailout because of utility support
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/02/03/corruption-trial-texts-oh-ag-yost-didnt-speak-out-against-bailout-because-of-utility-support/

“…biggest bribery & money laundering scandal in #Ohio history”

‘19: Fmr House Spkr Larry #Householder allegedly masterminds a “scheme to use $61M —primarily from… #FirstEnergy —to make himself House spkr….” The quid pro quo: He “ramrodded”a $1.3B bill thru the legislature, benefitting FE’s “failing nuclear & coal plants.” (Gov Mike #DeWine signed the bill the same day?!!)

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/02/13/householder-corruption-trial-regulator-sent-resume-to-utility-he-was-regulating/

“…7th day of testimony in the racketeering trial of fmr #Ohio House Speaker & Matthew #Borges, a fmr state Repub Party chair, who lobbied to pass & protect the utility subsidy, HB6. Prosecutors said they corruptly used $61M from #FirstEnergy & other utilities to elect #Householder speaker, pass #HB6, & thwart the effort to repeal the bill.”

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/02/06/ohio-lobbyist-matt-borges-accused-of-paying-15k-to-spy-on-effort-to-repeal-corrupt-utility-bailout/

“There has been speculation since the start of a massive public corruption trial that lawyers for the main defendant—fmr #Ohio House Speaker Larry #Householder —were banking on getting any conviction tossed out on appeal.…when one of the attorneys took the rare step of accusing the judge in the case of bias against his client.”

#FirstEnergy #corruption

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/02/01/angling-for-appeal-householder-attorneys-go-after-judge-in-corruption-trial/

Bad ‘vibes’? Householder attorney questions whether federal judge is fit to oversee corruption trial

#EnergyMastodon #Ohio #Householder #Corruption

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2023/01/bad-vibes-householder-attorney-questions-whether-federal-judge-is-fit-to-oversee-corruption-trial.html

Corruption in #Ohio: Fmr Speaker #Householder accepted bribes—dinners, private jets & millions of dollars—in the name of “public service.”

It’s “arrogance that comes from a total lack of accountability. Decades of rampant pay-to-play political corruption in Ohio has summoned a breed of public officials who treat state govt like a personal playground of private profiteering….”

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/01/26/rampant-good-old-boys-corruption-is-robbing-ohioans-blind/

Expert says ongoing #FBI agent testimony may be significant to outcome of #Householder trial

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/01/25/expert-says-ongoing-fbi-agent-testimony-may-be-significant-to-outcome-of-householder-trial
#Ohio #Gop #corruption #FirstEnergy

“In late 2016, as Larry #Householder was plotting his return to the #Ohio House speakership, Akron-based #FirstEnergy was drowning in losses from its uncompetitive nuclear & coal generators.”

But wks later, Householder & associates flew on a FE-owned private plane to Wash DC “for a swanky series of dinners & drinks w top execs,” incl FE CEO Chuck Jones.

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/01/24/swanky-d-c-dinners-between-firstenergy-execs-and-householder-led-to-corrupt-scheme-prosecutors-say/