USA v. Householder et al
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February 05, 2025
6th Circ. Judge Unsure Of Jury Instruction In Bribery Case
A Sixth Circuit judge seemed skeptical Wednesday of the bribery and racketeering conspiracy standards a jury used to convict former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and Republican lobbyist Matthew Borges in connection with the FirstEnergy bailout scandal, suggesting that all campaign contributions could be called bribery.
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May 31, 2024
Ohio's Jailed Ex-Speaker Denies Misusing Campaign Funds
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on Friday pled not guilty to misappropriating his campaign funds to cover legal fees for the notorious bribery scandal that landed him a 20-year prison sentence.
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March 25, 2024
Ohio AG Says Pol Used Campaign Funds For Bribery Case Fees
The legal woes of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder were compounded Monday with state charges that he used campaign money to cover legal fees stemming from his blockbuster conviction in federal court over the FirstEnergy Corp. bailout scandal.
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February 27, 2024
Ex-Ohio Speaker Urges 6th Circ. To Ax His 20-Year Sentence
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder told the Sixth Circuit that it must vacate his 20-year prison sentence for allegedly taking $60 million in bribes from FirstEnergy Corp., in part, because the presiding judge had a potential bias against him for opposing the judge's campaign to join the state's highest court.
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December 21, 2023
Top Ohio Cases From 2023
Buckeye State courts delivered major developments spanning multiple practice areas in 2023, including a 20-year prison sentence for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder for bribery and a decision holding that the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark take on agency deference doesn't hold weight in Ohio.
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July 13, 2023
Ex-Ohio Speaker And GOP Leader Appeal Bribery Sentences
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and the former chair of the Ohio Republican Party both filed appeals of their respective 20- and five-year prison sentences for their roles in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme involving a $1.3 billion government bailout for FirstEnergy Corp.
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June 30, 2023
Ex-Ohio GOP Leader Gets 5 Years In Bribe Scheme
The former chair of the Ohio Republican Party was sentenced Friday to five years in prison — far less than the 20-year maximum sentence — for his role in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme.
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June 29, 2023
Ex-Ohio Speaker Gets 20 Years In $60M Bribe Scheme
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder smiled at his supporters as he was led away in handcuffs Thursday after being sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison for his role in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme.
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June 26, 2023
Feds Want 5 To 8 Years For Lobbyist In $60M Bribery Scheme
Federal prosecutors have asked for five to eight years in prison for a former lobbyist of an Ohio utility who was convicted alongside ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to save a pair of power plants.
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June 23, 2023
Feds Want Convicted Ex-Ohio Speaker To Get Up To 20 Years
Prosecutors urged a federal judge to sentence former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder to 16 to 20 years in prison after he was convicted for his role in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to save a pair of power plants — a crime the government called "one of the largest public corruption conspiracies" in state history.