COLUMBUS – Akron-based FirstEnergy admitted a wholly-owned subsidiary paid $56.6 million to a dark money group that recently pleaded guilty to Ohio s largest bribery scheme, according to a filing this week in federal court.
That dark money group, Generation Now, was aligned with former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, who is accused of using FirstEnergy s money to win control of the House, pass a bailout for FirstEnergy Solutions two nuclear plants in House Bill 6 and defend that law against a well-funded ballot challenge.
Householder, a Perry County Republican, has pleaded not guilty, and no one from FirstEnergy has been charged with a crime. The company and its current executives, including CEO Steven Strah, denied any wrongdoing in their Wednesday response to a lawsuit filed by Ohio ratepayers last year.
Ohio bribery probe: FirstEnergy gave $56 6 million to group that pleaded guilty
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Ohio bribery probe: FirstEnergy gave $56 6 million to group that pleaded guilty
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