Donation came from utility behind massive bribery scandal
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The donation was discovered among a trove of documents that a group of news organizations including the Capital Journal requested from the Office of Ohio Consumers’ Counsel. The plants were money-losing nuclear and coal plants that FirstEnergy wanted to prop up with the bailout and then spin off. Ex-PUCO chairman Sam Randazzo, indicted in corruption scheme, found dead A state indictment said that FirstEnergy executives arranged the bribe with Randazzo the same night they discussed his suitability as a regulator at a dinner meeting with Gov.-elect DeWine and Lt. Gov.-elect Husted on Dec. 18, 2018.
Such donations are called “dark money” because recipients don’t have to disclose their sources. By law, dark-money contributions can’t go directly to candidates, but they can go to groups that support them, but aren’t supposed to directly coordinate with them.
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