Ex-Ohio Speaker, GOP Chair Found Guilty of Racketeering

“After more than nine hours of deliberation, a jury on Thursday found former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R) and state Republican Chairman Matt Borges guilty of felony racketeering charges in connection with a billion-dollar utility bailout that was passed in 2019,” the Ohio Capital Journal reports.

“Both men face maximum sentences of 20 years.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Since the case first became public nearly three years ago, prosecutors have said it represented the largest public corruption scheme in Ohio history, a cash-for-legislation scam they said personally enriched five people and aided a utility’s struggling nuclear operation on the backs of taxpayers.”