Larry Householder sentenced to 20 years in prison for HB6 bailout bribery scandal
CINCINNATI — Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder spent possibly his last moments as a free man around 2:30 p.m. Thursday and they couldn’t have been pleasant.
In it, Householder claimed to barely know FirstEnergy executives as federal prosecutors put on a mountain of evidence that Householder flew on their corporate jets, sat in their luxury boxes and dined in fancy restaurants as they plowed tens of millions of the corporation’s dollars into dark-money accounts.
Earlier in the hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Glatfelter said Householder used FirstEnergy’s dark money to crush a “citizen veto” and “because of this House Bill 6 remains in effect today.” “My greatest commitment is to my creator… My next commitment is to my family,” he read from a prepared statement as he stood at the podium.
“I’m not talking about some corporation or the Chuck Joneses of the world,” Black said. Householder’s constituents who supported him “were saying, ‘I’m choosing to trust you,’ and you betrayed that trust,” the judge said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Larry Householder: Former Ohio House speaker to be sentenced ThursdayFormer Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday following his conviction this year.In March, a jury agreed with prosecutors th
Read more »
Former GOP Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder to be sentenced todayThe politician was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, which calls for up to 20 years in prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Read more »
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder sentenced to 20 years for role in bribery schemeLarry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, were both convicted of a single racketeering charge each, after a six-week trial.
Read more »
Former Ohio House Speaker Sentenced to 20 Years After Bribery ConvictionFormer Ohio House speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating what prosecutors have called the worst corruption scandal in state history, a massive pay-to-play bribery scheme to bail out an energy company
Read more »
Ex-GOP Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60M bribery scheme; appeal expectedBREAKING: Ex-Republican House Speaker Larry Householder has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a $60M bribery scheme dubbed the largest corruption scandal in Ohio history. Convicted of racketeering in April, he is expected to appeal.
Read more »
Ex-GOP Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60M bribery scheme; appeal expectedFormer Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, plus one year of probation, for his role in the largest corruption scandal in state history
Read more »