Ex-GOP Ohio speaker, lobbyist guilty in $60M bribery scheme

[FakeNoose]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former state House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges were convicted Thursday in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption case in state history.

A jury in Cincinnati found the two guilty of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving bribery and money laundering. Each faces up to 20 years in prison.

The government’s prosecution team was able to show that “Householder sold the Statehouse” and betrayed the people he was elected to serve, and that Borges was “a willing co-conspirator,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Kenneth Parker said in a statement.

“Through its verdict today, the jury reaffirmed that the illegal acts committed by both men will not be tolerated and that they should be held accountable,” Mr. Parker said.

Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2023/03/09/former-ohio-house-speaker-larry-householder-60m-bribery/stories/202303090114

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[niyad]

1. good riddance.

[Deuxcents]

2. 60 million? Greedy bastards need to spend every day of 20 years in jail

[lonely bird]

3. So...

One wonders why they are not in jail now. I don’t care if they want to appeal. They can sit in jail while they appeal.

Oh, that’s right, they’re white guys.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. yeah, always the same. Bannon still out and defying going to jail. We would be hauled off.

[Wuddles440]

4. Some of the GQP's finest!

One scandal after another in Ohio for the GQP cabal, but it never really seems to impact their brand in this state.

[Marthe48]

5. No it doesn't

And if they don't like a ruling, they ignore it. I'm surprised these criminals showed up in court.

[Wuddles440]

9. And let's not forget...

the billion dollar plus ECOT scandal that was essentially swept under the rug by Yost and company. The attitude of many Ohio voters is that their politicians may be criminals and republican, but at least they're not Democrats.

[ohtransplant]

7. He's surely guilty...

but this kind of thing can't happen with only 2 guys in the deal...more likely dozens!

Seems to me that there are lots of others in Ohio government who've been able to scurry off relatively unscathed.

Time will tell but I'm not holding my breath for others to be held accountable...

[republianmushroom]

8. like it

[CanonRay]

10. 3 months home confinement

is what they'll probably get.

[Turbineguy]

11. 60 million dollars?

They are republicans. They were overpaid.