{"id":1960971,"date":"2023-06-29T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T00:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ohio-speaker-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-racketeering\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T20:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T00:51:30","slug":"former-ohio-speaker-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-racketeering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ohio-speaker-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-racketeering\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Ohio speaker gets 20-year prison term for racketeering."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-ohio-speaker-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-racketeering%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Ohio House Speaker Sentenced to 20 Years for Racketeering<\/h2>\n<p>Ohio&#8217;s former speaker of the House, Larry Householder, has been handed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-pushing-trans-surgery-ban-for-minors-black-democrats-much-more-conservative-than-white-democrats\/\" title=\"Democrat Pushing Trans Surgery Ban For Minors: Black Democrats \u2018Much More Conservative\u2019 Than White Democrats\">20-year prison sentence<\/a> following his conviction for racketeering. This shocking case involves a web of corruption, bribes, and abuse of power.<\/p>\n<p>Householder, 64, managed to receive a staggering $61 million in bribes through a loophole in transparency laws involving 501(c)(4) entities. The bribes were funneled to him by utility company FirstEnergy, in exchange for his assistance in passing legislation that included a massive $1.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ohio-speaker-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-racketeering\/\" title=\"Ex-Ohio speaker gets 20-year prison term for racketeering.\">3 billion taxpayer-funded bailout<\/a> for the company&#8217;s two nuclear plants in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The illicit funds were used to pay off Householder&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-moore-to-newsmax-dumbest-thing-to-pass-2t-debt-bill\/\" title=\"Stephen Moore to Newsmax: 'Dumbest Thing' To Pass T Debt Bill\">credit card balances<\/a>, cover repairs to his luxurious Florida home, and even settle a business lawsuit. It&#8217;s a shocking display of greed and disregard for the public&#8217;s trust.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;While we hope this sentence clearly demonstrates that corruption does not pay, the FBI will continue to investigate and pursue those who abuse their positions and take advantage of the public,&#8221; stated J. William Rivers, FBI Cincinnati special agent in charge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 20-year sentence is the maximum penalty sought by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, reflecting the severity of Householder&#8217;s crimes. In a further blow to FirstEnergy, the company has agreed to a deferred prosecution settlement and will pay a hefty $230 million penalty for its involvement in bribing public officials.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio lawmakers wasted no time in removing Householder from his post on the same day he was indicted by a grand jury in 2020. This swift action demonstrates a commitment to holding corrupt individuals accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Householder&#8217;s illicit activities spanned from 2017 to 2020, and he was finally convicted in March after a grueling six-week trial. This case serves as a stark reminder that no one is above the law, and that justice will prevail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio&#8217;s ex-House speaker, Larry Householder, got a 20-year sentence for racketeering. He took $61 million in bribes through a loophole in transparency laws using 501(c)(4) entities. FirstEnergy, a utility firm, paid the money for favorable legislation, including a $1.3 billion taxpayer bailout. Householder, 64, now faces the consequences of his corrupt actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1960972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}