Larry Householder
On the record
Householder consults for FirstEnergy + electric-utility interests between his two OH House Speakerships (resigned 2004 amid FBI probe, returned 2017); during second term he became the conduit for $61M in laundered FirstEnergy money via Generation Now 501(c)(4) dark-money nonprofit; 2023 federal RICO conviction (20-year sentence). Electric-utility consulting/lobbyist arrangements were the conviction's predicate. Convicted 2023 on $60M FirstEnergy bribery scheme; 20-year sentence
SEVERITY · FELONY · CRIMES · racketeering, bribery
Background
Ohio's Speaker · House 2019–2021: Larry Householder — 2-year tenure. Before this office: State Rep · House / Assembly (1997-2021). Press-relevant: Convicted 2023 on $60M FirstEnergy bribery scheme; 20-year sentence. Same-year political environment (2019): Governor Mike DeWine; Attorney General Dave Yost; Secretary of State Frank LaRose.
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