Larry Householder

Gov. Mike DeWine, who signed into law the nuclear power plant bailout at the center of the case involving former speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges, said the subsidies for coal-fired plants in that law should be repealed.

The trial of former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges showed ways in which powers were abused and oversight was absent.

Former US Attorney David DeVillers said comments from his successor made previously and then outside the courthouse in Cincinnati after the verdicts suggest the case continues.

The conclusion of the House Bill 6 corruption trial tops this week’s topics on the Reporters Roundtable.

The guilty verdict against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges sparked reaction from politicians of both major parties.

After listening to seven weeks of testimony, jurors returned verdicts in the federal racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio GOP Chair Matt Borges.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and former FirstEnergy lobbyist and state party chair Matt Borges, both Republicans, are accused of playing roles in a $61 million bribery scheme to pass a billion-dollar bailout for two nuclear power plants.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder is done on the stand, and ex-Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges's team said they would not mount a defense.

A Republican strategist who was friends with former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges took the stand as the prosecution brought its case against Borges and Republican former House speaker Larry Householder to a close.

The fifth week of the trial of the Republican former Ohio House speaker and former chair of the Ohio Republican Party started with two witnesses who testified for the prosecution about passing House Bill 6 and stopping a potential ballot issue against it.