Mar 17, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A powerful Ohio lobbyist who spent decades at the center of many of the state’s significant policy battles was found dead in Florida as he faced charges in a sweeping federal bribery investigation, authorities said Tuesday.
Neil Clark, 67, was found dead Monday by a bicyclist in an isolated area of Collier County, Florida, where he had been living, authorities said.
The local sheriff’s office provided a report describing the body being found, and the county medical examiner confirmed the body was Clark’s. The cause of death wasn’t determined, but a medical investigation and an autopsy were being performed.
Lobbyist named in $60M Ohio bribery probe is found dead
JULIE CARR SMYTH and FARNOUSH AMIRI, AP/Report for America
March 16, 2021
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CORRECTS DATE OF WHEN CLARK S BODY WAS FOUND TO MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 AND DELETES REFERENCE TO CLARK DYING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021 - FILE- In this May 27, 2004 file photo Paul Tipps, left, and Neil Clark, pose in their office in Columbus, Ohio. Clark, a longtime Ohio lobbyist, who had pleaded not guilty in a sweeping federal bribery investigation, was found dead, Monday, March 15, 2021. Clark had pleaded not guilty in August over an alleged role in a $60 million scheme to funnel money from FirstEnergy companies through a network of dark money entities to then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder in exchange for the passage of a $1 billion nuclear bailout bill. He parlayed his Senate work initially into a powerhouse bipartisan lobbying partnership with the late Tipps, a former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party.Jay LaPrete/A
Representatives of a dark-money political action committee signed a guilty plea Friday admitting involvement in a massive bribery scheme in Ohio to protect a $1 billion nuclear plant bailout.
The plea agreement comes seven months after the arrest of former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and several others on charges of participating in what federal prosecutors describe as the largest political corruption case in Ohio history.
Prosecutors say the political group, Generation Now, received tens of millions of dollars that Householder and others used to pay bribes, fund his own political activities and run a public campaign supporting the nuclear bailout.
âDark moneyâ group admits involvement in Householder bribery scandal The plea agreement comes seven months after the arrest of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and several others on charges of participating in what federal prosecutors describe as the largest political corruption case in Ohio history. (Source: OhioHouse.gov) By Sharon Coolidge and Dan Horn | February 5, 2021 at 12:11 PM EST - Updated February 5 at 12:11 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio (FOX19) - Representatives of a dark-money political action committee signed a guilty plea Friday admitting involvement in a massive bribery scheme in Ohio to protect a $1 billion nuclear plant bailout, according to our media partners at the Cincinnati Enquirer.