The FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio will be making an announcement regarding a public corruption case involving a '$60 million bribe to state official & associates,' the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
reported Tuesday morning that the case involves House Bill 6, legislation supported by Householder that bailed out two nuclear power plants.
Householder, a Republican, has been speaker since 2019 after previously having the position from 2001 to 2004. He left office due to term limits but rejoined the House in 2017. This is just the latest incident of a state House speaker being caught up in an alleged bribery scheme. House Speaker and state Democratic Party chairman Michael Madigan is currently facing pressure to resign after he was linked to a case of alleged bribery that has already resulted in utility company ComEd agreeing to a $200 million fine.
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