Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
COLUMBUS, Ohio — While Gov. Mike DeWine is dealing with the ongoing discovery of text messages linking him to now-indicted FirstEnergy executives, Ohio Republican lawmakers are drafting legislation requiring greater campaign finance disclosure. The bill sponsor gave us the first look.
This bribery scandal has been covered extensively by News 5's Morgan Trau, who followed the legislation all the way through the Statehouse, the arrests, trial, conviction and sentencing of Householder and former GOP leader Matt Borges. She continues to follow it as the next group is indicted federally and by the state.
With DeWine's track record, I asked him why anyone should believe that he wasn't involved with the corruption scheme or didn't remember the conversations with executives.RELATED: Gov. DeWine deflects questions about texts between him and indicted FirstEnergy executives RELATED: Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens and allies mostly victorious in primary election, likely keeping gavel
However, Edwards also has a connection to H.B. 6. He was a close ally of Householder and was recorded at a dinner with two undercover FBI agents. The representative has not been accused of wrongdoing by law enforcement. He has consistently said he was not involved in any of the illegal activity; in fact — had no idea it was happening.
To make sure that Ohioans know that their elected officials aren't behaving based on ill intentions, learning who donates to their campaign is key, the lawmaker said.Each Statehouse legislative leader has seemed open to beefing up Ohio's campaign finance laws. House Speaker Jason Stephens would support more disclosures but raised concerns about how this type of legislation can be implemented.
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