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.
'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.