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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
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