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Former Ohio speaker sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering

By Jenny Goldsberry
Published June 30, 2023 12:42am ET
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Former Ohio speaker sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering
Former Ohio Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years following his conviction of racketeering. Householder, 64, received $61 million in bribes via a loophole in transparency laws with 501(c)(4) entities. The money came from utility company FirstEnergy in exchange for successful legislation that included a $1.3 billion taxpayer-funded bailout of the company’s two nuclear […]


Former Ohio Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years following his conviction of racketeering.

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