Next to gerrymandering, the biggest institutional driver of dangerous and destructive political misrepresentation in Ohio and across America is the U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous 2010 Citizens United ruling allowing unbridled, dark money, pay-to-play corruption, which has now led to the biggest political bribery scandal in state history. The central feature of that criminal racketeering scheme […] The post How Citizens United cleared the way for the biggest political bribery scandal in Ohio his
Versions of this story are being published by the USA Today Network, Floodlight, Energy News Network, and the Ohio Capital Journal. In 2018, Akron-based FirstEnergy donated $2.5 million to a Republican Governors Association-affiliated dark money group backing GOP nominee Mike DeWine in a competitive race for governor. The previously undisclosed money reveals how invested FirstEnergy […] The post FirstEnergy gave $2.5M to GOP governors’ dark money group backing DeWine’s 2018 bid appeared first on
In 2018, Akron-based FirstEnergy donated $2.5 million to a Republican Governors Association-affiliated dark money group backing GOP nominee Mike DeWine in a competitive race for governor.