On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:19:00 AM UTC-5, Bradley K. Sherman wrote in alt.politics:
> Republican scum:
> |
> | After more than nine hours of deliberation, a jury on
> | Thursday found former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder
> | and state Republican Chairman Matt Borges guilty of felony
> | racketeering charges in connection with a billion-dollar
> | utility bailout that was passed in 2019.
> |
> | Both men face maximum sentences of 20 years in what
> | prosecutors said was likely biggest bribery and money
> | laundering scandal in Ohio history. U.S. District Judge
> | Timothy Black will schedule a sentencing hearing.
> | ...
> | As part of the racketeering scheme, Akron-based FirstEnergy
> | and other utilities paid tens of millions into an effort to
> | elect friendly lawmakers in 2018 who would vote to make
> | Householder speaker the following year. Immediately after
> | taking the speaker's gavel, Householder worked furiously to
> | pass a $1.3 billion bailout, the vast majority of which
> | benefited FirstEnergy subsidiary FirstEnergy Services.
> | ...
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https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/03/10/former-ohio-speaker-gop-chair-found-guilty-of-racketeering/>
>
> --bks
Train derailments in Ohio seem like a “pattern” to some local residents.
-- Jim Jordan (R-OH)
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