Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R) and four others were indicted Thursday for their alleged role in a $60 million racketeering scheme that pushed through a $900 million nuclear subsidy for two nuclear plants owned by a former FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary.
The Ohio grand jury decision was filed roughly an hour before the Ohio House voted 90-to-0 to strip Householder’s speakership in a speedy, somber vote with no floor debate, ending his turbulent second stint as the chamber’s leader.
Householder allegedly orchestrated a scheme in which he and cohorts took more than $60 million in corporate cash funneled into ...
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