FallsMom 🌻This is what today's crooks look like
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"A former lawyer for FirstEnergy said he wasn't sure why the company agreed to pay Sam Randazzo hundreds of thousands of dollars each year for five years."
#FirstEnergy #Akron #Ohio
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/business/2026/02/10/firstenergy-sam-randazzo-agreement-scope-work-unclear-witness-says-chuck-jones-michael-dowling-trial/88602782007/
Assistant #Ohio Attorney General Matthew Meyer is working to convince a jury that a former top utility regulator was a "bought-and-paid-for man" who had illegal behind-the-scenes dealings with ex-#FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones & Michael Dowling.
Asim Haque, a witness for the prosecution in Jones' and Dowling's ongoing criminal trial, testified about a meeting he had with Sam Randazzo in 2016, before Randazzo became chair of the PUCO
Walt BaldwinEpic, "Bribes are free speach"
#EnergyMastodon #EnergyTransition #Climate #Ohio #FirstEnergy #Corruption
The trial's potential witness list includes a who's who of Ohio politics, including Gov. Mike DeWine, U.S. Sen. #JonHusted #FirstEnergy officials, a PUCO commissioner and a former state lawmaker
#FirstEnergy is very skilled at bribing #Ohio officials, sure they'll get this done the way they want.
#FirstEnergy admitted in 2021 that it paid $4.3 million to one of Randazzo’s companies shortly before Gov. DeWine nominated him to lead the Public Utilities Commission. According to that federal court filing, the payment was in return for Randazzo taking official action on HB 6, along with “other specific FirstEnergy Corp. legislative and regulatory priorities, as requested and as opportunities arose.”"
#Akron #Ohio based #FirstEnergy never stops grifting. . . Report shows scandal-plagued Ohio utility made $108 million in errors. It wants customers to pay
FirstEnergy misclassified lobbying funds as it financed a massive bribery scandal
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