HOT IN CLEVELAND…Householder aide, lobbyist plead guilty in House Bill 6 (a $1.3 billion bailout of nuclear power plants owned by a former FirstEnergy subsidiary):

CEO fired: FirstEnergy Corp. has fired its CEO amid multiple federal investigations related to an Ohio nuclear bailout law passed year. John Caniglia and Jeremy Pelzer report the utility company announced in a Thursday evening news release it had terminated CEO Chuck Jones, effective immediately. The company also fired two othe corruption investigation:

HB6 plea: Jeffrey Longstreth, the longtime aide to former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, and lobbyist Juan Cespedes pleaded guilty Thursday to corruption-related charges involving the House Bill 6 scandal, hours after federal prosecutors filed plea agreements. John Caniglia and Jeremy Pelzer report the men are the first to admit wrongdoing in what federal prosecutors called the largest pay-to-play scandal in Ohio history involving the passage of House Bill 6, a $1.3 billion bailout of nuclear power plants owned by a former FirstEnergy subsidiary. The plea deals do not specify if the men will cooperate with investigators.

CEO fired: FirstEnergy Corp. has fired its CEO amid multiple federal investigations related to an Ohio nuclear bailout law passed year. John Caniglia and Jeremy Pelzer report the utility company announced in a Thursday evening news release it had terminated CEO Chuck Jones, effective immediately. The company also fired two others: Senior Vice President of Product Development, Marketing, and Branding Dennis Chack, and Senior Vice President of External Affairs Mike Dowling.

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/10/householder-aide-lobbyist-plead-guilty-in-house-bill-6-corruption-investigation-the-wake-up-for-friday-oct-30-2020.html

Anons….search qresear.ch for 'Cleveland Connection' to find some old diggs on how this relates to Ukraine…

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BIGGEST BRIBERY CASE IN THE HISTORY OF OHIO

cleveland.com editor Chris Quinn says Householder, who is charged with racketeering in the biggest bribery case in Ohio history, is discovering that nearly every lawyer has a conflict-of-interest. It demonstrates how far-reaching the $60 million scheme is in Ohio.

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/08/larry-householder-cant-find-a-lawyer-to-defend-him-in-his-bribery-case-the-wake-up-podcast.html