NEW: Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and 4 others have been arrested in a $60,000,000 federal bribery probe, a person briefed on the investigation tells the AP.
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others were arrested Tuesday in a $60 million federal bribery probe, a person briefed on the investigation confirmed.
U.S. Attorney David DeVillers’ office would not discuss details of the case, which it planned to outline at a briefing later Tuesday. Also arrested were Householder adviser Jeffrey Longstreth, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Neil Clark, former Ohio Republican Party chairman and consultant Matthew Borges and Juan Cespedes, co-founder of The Oxley Group in Columbus, the person told The Associated Press.
They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case. A sixth person was also sought, the person said.
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