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“A Cycle of Corruption”: A Timeline of the Householder/HB6 Scandal

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  • July 21, 2020: Former Speaker of the Ohio House Larry Householder and his allies — Neil Clark, Matt Borges, Jeff Longstreth, and Juan Cespedes — are arrested. All of them, as well as Generation Now 501(c)(4) were charged with public corruption and racketeering. Not only was FirstEnergy not charged at this time, but it also simply appears as “Company A” in the complaint. The complaint lays out how dark money groups were used to benefit Householder politically and to garner a bailout. 

2019

  • Image of xenophobic mailer paid for by Ohioans for Energy Security

Image 5.5 Updated IEEFA Diagram

2018

Image of the FirstEnergy Corp. Perry Nuclear Generating Station in Perry, Ohio. Photo by David Maxwell of Bloomberg via Getty Images. 

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“A Cycle of Corruption”: A Timeline of the Householder/HB6 Scandal

Shining A Light on Dark Money—It’s Time for Ohioans to Unite for a Brighter Future

In January 2023, a public trial will begin in the bribery case involving former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges. The pair are accused of engaging in a $60 million bribery scheme funneled from First Energy through dark money groups.

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