"Ex-Ohio House Speaker Faces 10 New Felony Charges, Potential Bar from Public Office"

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"Ex-Ohio House Speaker Faces 10 New Felony Charges, Potential Bar from Public Office"
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Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, already serving a 20-year federal prison sentence, faces 10 additional state felony charges in connection with a bribery scheme that provided a $1.3 billion bailout to a major regional energy utility. The charges include theft, record-tampering, money laundering, and telecommunications fraud, and could permanently bar him from public office if convicted. This case is part of a larger scandal involving executives from FirstEnergy Corporation and the Ohio Public Utility Commission.

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