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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Ohio House speaker and four others are arrested in $60M bribery case over a $1billion nuclear plant bailout plan following a nearly two-year money laundering probe by the FBI

2020-07-22

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

On Tuesday Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, 61, was arrested along with four associates in a $60million bribery case

The conspiracy involved the passing of House Bill 6, the FirstEnergy nuclear bailout bill, that was signed into law last year

The four associates are lobbyists: Jeffrey Longstreth, 44; Neil Clark, 67; Matthew Borges, 48; and Juan Cespedes, 40

They were all charged with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering scheme

Probe included dinners between undercover agents and Householder and associates where they made incriminating statements about bribes

Householder, a Republican, is in his second stint as House speaker following his tenure in the same position from 2001 to 2004

In 2004 he and several top advisers were under federal investigation for alleged money laundering and irregular campaign practices, but no charges were filed

Posted by:Skidmark

#6 Hopefully Kay-sick is involved and the dirt squad can have it announced just before he takes the virtual stage at the dem Zoom-vention.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-07-22 15:03

#5 If Trump’s taxes are provided to the MSM maybe we can create a law that all politicians taxes should be made available to the public.

Posted by: Spater Slaque5391 2020-07-22 13:14

#4 They're Never Trumpers because he's putting the kibosh on their corruption.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-07-22 12:29

#3 Since when is the FBI in the business of investigating crimes?

Posted by: SteveS 2020-07-22 11:12

#2 ^Why bad things happen to good people?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-22 08:31

#1 Founder of Never-Trump Super PAC Arrested in $60M Bribery Scheme
The founder of a prominent political action committee opposing President Donald Trump’s reelection was arrested on Tuesday in part of a public corruption probe.

Matthew Borges, a lobbyist and former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, was arrested in connection to a year-long $60 million federal bribery scheme. According to prosecutors, Borges and three other lobbyists allegedly conspired with the Republican Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives to secure a $1.3 billion taxpayer bailout for an Ohio-based energy company, FirstEnergy Solutions.

Law enforcement officials claim that in exchange for helping FirstEnergy receive the bailout, which was meant to prevent the shutdown of two nuclear power plants, a nonprofit controlled by the House Speaker received $60 million.

To what extent Borges played a role in the alleged scheme remains uncertain. Prosecutors have yet to announce formally the full scale of the indictment. As the Dayton Daily News reported, however, Borges was registered as a lobbyist for FirstEnergy as of last year.

While news of the arrests made national headlines, scant attention was paid to Borges work outside of his past chairmanship of the Ohio Republican Party.

Just last month, Borges joined with former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci in launching Right Side PAC. The Super PAC was formed with the intention of identifying GOP voters that backed Trump in 2016, but because of dissatisfaction with the president might be open to voting for Joe Biden in November.

As part of the effort, Axios reported in June the group would highlight “Biden’s record on free trade, states’ rights, federal spending, and respecting U.S. diplomatic and military alliances … to make the case that most anti-Trump Republicans can feel comfortable supporting him.”

Unlike groups like the Lincoln Project, Right Side PAC would not spend resources attacking Republicans down-ballot.

Posted by: Frank G 2020-07-22 08:26

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