FirstEnergy Defends Its Role in $61 Million Bribery Scheme The company claims its millions in donations to a dark money group that pleaded guilty to bribing politicians on its behalf are protected by the First Amendment.
New Ohio Speaker Has His Own Ethics Issues Involving FirstEnergy Bob Cupp, who replaced indicted former speaker Larry Householder, was the subject of a judicial ethics complaint involving campaign contributions from the PAC of FirstEnergy, one of his top donors and the company that allegedly bribed Householder.
'It's a Secret, a (c)(4) Is a Secret': Dark Money Powers $60 Million Bribery Scheme in Ohio Last week, the FBI arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four associates in a bribery investigation over a law that sends $1 billion from ratepayers to bail out two nuclear power plants.