Former Ohio Speaker finishing closing arguments in trial

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Corruption trial for former Ohio House Speaker finishes closing arguments
BY NICK ROBERTSON - 03/07/23 1:20 PM ET

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Former Republican Speaker Larry Householder speaks to the media immediately after his expulsion from the Ohio House on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. The Republican-led House voted 5-21 to remove him. Householder is accused of taking money from a utility in exchange for orchestrating a multi-million dollar scheme to get him elected as speaker. He has pleaded not guilty and publicly proclaimed his innocence. (Andrew Welsh-Huggins
The corruption trial of Larry Householder entered closing arguments Tuesday, two and a half years after the former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives was arrested and implicated in a $60 million bribery scheme.
Prosecutors allege that Householder orchestrated a broad scheme funded by the utility company FirstEnergy Corp. to win the state Speakership, shore up House allies and pass legislation friendly to the company. That included a $1.3 billion, taxpayer-funded bailout for the company’s nuclear power plants.

Lobbyist and former Ohio GOP Chairman Matt Borges is also standing trial in the case. He is accused of attempting to bribe an operative working against the bailout legislation.
Both Householder and Borges are charged with racketeering, which could carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison if they are convicted. They pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The trial is now in its seventh week. Householder took the stand in his own defense last week and claimed innocence.

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1. I expect the worst, yet hope for the best

Householder deserves every day of prison he receives.

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2. He certainly does

And I hope it’s many years

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3. Agreed

His actions are now taking money from my pocket in the form of higher utility bills.

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5. Don't you like paying for an aging coal fired power plant in Indianan?

And people in OH keep voting for this grifting mother fuckers. John Kasich when he was with Leheman
Brothers sold the state 380 million $s worth of junk paper and walked with a nice junk of change and
for doing that Ohio made him Governor.

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7. It's heartbreaking to see what

these dirtbags have done to Ohio

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8. And what is worse is that these Ohio Republicans have shit rigged the system so they can't lose.

And I still have doubts about the electronic voting machines too. Republicans can pass Christo Fascist
laws that the majority of Ohioans are against such as abortion bans, 1 trans girl playing high school
softball, no background checks on guns, and in Householder's case having the electric utility customers
pay off the debts they ran up. DeWine was never held responsible for letting those AK or AR toting fools
run Dr. Amy out of her job for fear for herself and her family.

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4. Ohio is the dirtiest state in American

But 1st energy made a very smart investment in the corrupt Ohio GOP because they paid out $60 million and
got $1.3 billion dollars in return.

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6. Amazing how cheaply politicians can be bought

It’s hardly surprising that CEOs and important board members want to own a couple for themselves.