BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal by former Ohio Republican House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder after he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the $1.3 billion FirstEnergy nuclear bailout RICO scandal, committed in office as Speaker. #Ohio #FirstEnergy #Law #USPol

🔗 Order
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/042726zor_08l1.pdf

🔗 The Petition for a Writ Of Certiorari
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-756/390091/20251222123310007_25-%20Petition.pdf

BREAKING: Top Court Won't Hear Ex-Ohio Speaker's Bribery Appeal

By Cara Salvatore

The #U.S. #SupremeCourt #refused Monday to hear an #appeal by #former #Ohio #House of Representatives #Speaker Larry Householder after he was #convicted and #sentenced to 20 years in #prison for his role in the $1.3 billion #FirstEnergy #nuclear #bailout #scandal. [via Law360]

First Energy corruption trial of top execs ended with hung jury. John Husted, the Lt Gov at the time of the "alleged" misdeeds, testified at the trial and could not remember the conversations he had with one or more of the execs about the appointment of the PSC chairman, who allegedly received 4 million dollars from FE and later committed suicide prior to the trial. Husted is running against Sherrod Brown for US Senate.
#EnergyTransition #FirstEnergy #Corruption #Climate

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/31/firstenergy-corruption-case-ends-with-hung-jury

" #Husted also said he didn't know about Randazzo writing part of #HB6. The bill included a $1.3 billion bailout of two nuclear power plants in northern #Ohio that #FirstEnergy owned through its FirstEnergy Solutions subsidiary at the time."

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/business/2026/03/16/firstenergy-executives-trial-jones-dowling-closing-statements-begin-today-see-latest-akron-court/89134034007

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#JonHusted pulls out the old reliable defense--I can't recall. . .

"During his virtual testimony , Husted said he couldn't recall what they discussed during the 2018 dinner."

#Ohio #HB6 #FirstEnergy
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The amount of corruption in a decade of just one ho-hum midwest state and one electric utility could fill a lengthy book. The FBI arrests the state's speaker of the house. Dennis Kucinich makes an appearance inexplicably as a bitcoin consultant for #firstenergy A lobbyiest already drafted a self-aggrandizing book about this before killing himself wearing a "Re-Elect Mike DeWine" t-shirt.

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/10/ohio-corruption-trial-traces-tactics-to-prop-up-nuclear-and-coal-plants/

Gee #JonHusted hasn't got a chance to testify yet!

"Outside of the presence of the jury March 9, defense attorneys representing two former #FirstEnergy executives in a bribery case argued that their clients should be acquitted of all charges.

Jones and Dowling are accused of bribing Sam Randazzo, former chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, with a $4,333,333 million payment before Randazzo took the position"

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/business/2026/03/09/judge-hears-arguments-acquittal-former-firstenergy-executives-case-charles-jones-michael-dowling/89058503007/