Householder, Borges, and three others engineered a political operation that received $60 million from FirstEnergy. They used that money to elect a slate of Republican House candidates who would go on to vote Householder into the speaker’s office.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Roughly two-and-a-half years after his arrest, the trial of former Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder begins Monday. He’s accused of taking a massive bribe and passing a law worth more than $1.3 billion to Akron-based utility FirstEnergy Corp.
The case is confusing. It spans public utility regulations, campaign finance rules, deceptively named nonprofits, former subsidiaries,If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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