We need to amend our constitution to stop POTUS from selling pardons and putting criminals back on the street and stealing taxpayer money by freeing the crooks from having to pay for the crimes they've committed. #EnergySky #FirstEnergy
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zc4ai4vz3flwlgto4fc4zwu3/post/3lqn3tkohcd2t
#Firstenergy
A trio of appeals court judges upheld the convictions of former #Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges. Householder is serving 20 years in federal prison; Borges is serving five.
"There was ample evidence for the jury to conclude that Householder solicited and received millions of dollars from #FirstEnergy in return for passing and then preserving bailout legislation"
Balloons cause safety risks, power outages across Ohio - Stephanie Thompson
#CentralOhioNews #LocalNews #News #911 #Balloons #Firstenergy #Nextdoor #OhioEdison #Overheadwires #Penetrationoftheballoonscoating #PowerOutages
“The Dark Money Game” shines a spotlight on FirstEnergy’s bribes-for-bailouts scheme in Ohio just days after President Trump revived a failed push to use federal emergency powers to bail out coal-fired power plants that FirstEnergy lobbied for extensively during Trump’s first term.
FirstEnergy secretly paid $60 million to 501(c)(4) Generation Now that plead guilty to racketeering in 2021.
#Climate #EnergyMastodon #Ohio #Lycan #EnergyTransition #Corruption #FirstEnergy
https://energyandpolicy.org/hbo-the-dark-money-game-firstenergy/
Ohio utilities "ask?" In the past they just gave Ohio GOP in-crowd money, #FirstEnergy #HB6
And Larry Householder has asked 🍊 💩 for a pardon.
Ohio the Sh*thole State
Voters may be hypnotized by football, but the ruling GOP clique is totally into grift.
HB6 & the #firstenergy bribery scandal is the biggest example of #mikedewine's gang of grifters. Former Spkr of House is in prison, two lobbyists commited suicide.
White collar crime in #Ohio's oligarchy, #firstenergy
I'm nearly certain the man in the back of this photo is Sam Randazzo former head of OH PUCO who committed suicide during these investigations, last spring.
"Mike DeWine would not comment on the indictments during a press conference on Friday."
DeWine appointed Randazzo to PUCO.
Grand jury indicts 2 former FirstEnergy executives in racketeering conspiracy involving more than $60 million in bribery schemes - Full Press Release:
CINCINNATI – Two former FirstEnergy executives have been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with one count of participating in a racketeering (RICO) conspiracy.
Charles E. Jones, 69, of Akron, and Michael Dowling, 60, of Massillon, will be scheduled to appear in federal court in Cincinnati today. The indictment was returned on Jan. 15 and unsealed this morning.
It is alleged that Jones and Dowling participated in an enterprise (FirstEnergy Corp. and its subsidiaries) through a pattern of racketeering activity – including bribery, money laundering and obstruction – to increase the company’s stock price and enrich themselves. Although the defendants helped pursue the legal interests of FirstEnergy, Jones and Dowling also corrupted FirstEnergy by allegedly abusing their positions of trust and engaging in criminal activities in pursuit of personal and commercial gain.
Jones served in senior executive positions for FirstEnergy, including as President and CEO, from approximately 2015 until his employment was terminated in 2020. During that time, Jones made approximately $65 million in compensation. Approximately $60 million of his earnings came from performance-based pay tied, in part, to FirstEnergy stock prices. Dowling served as Senior Vice President at the time of his termination in 2020. Part of his pay was also tied to company financial performance and growth.
The 42-page indictment details the ways in which Jones and Dowling allegedly acted in support of the RICO conspiracy, including schemes to bribe former Ohio House Representative Larry Householder and former PUCO Chairman Samuel Randazzo.
According to the indictment, between 2017 and March 2020, FirstEnergy paid more than $59 million to 501(c)(4) entity Generation Now, which Jones and Dowling knew was operated for the benefit of and controlled by Householder. The bribe money helped Householder gain the position of Speaker of the House and pass and uphold House Bill 6, a billion-dollar nuclear plant bailout to benefit #FirstEnergy.
It is alleged Jones and Dowling used a different 501(c)(4) entity, Energy Pass-Through, to fund with FirstEnergy money and direct payments to Generation Now and other entities they believed were associated with public officials for FirstEnergy’s and the officials’ benefit. Dowling allegedly referred to the 501(c)(4) as a “political tool.”
The indictment also alleges that Jones and Dowling pushed for FirstEnergy-approved appointments to the state public utilities board, including Randazzo as PUCO Chairman. In January 2019, FirstEnergy allegedly paid Randazzo’s companies more than $4.3 million for Randazzo providing favorable official actions for FirstEnergy through PUCO proceedings.
The indictment alleges that Jones referred to Householder as his “expensive friend,” and thanked Randazzo after PUCO, under Randazzo’s leadership, took action in 2019 that Jones attributed to raising FirstEnergy’s stock price.
After the passage of House Bill 6, Dowling wrote, “Huge bet and we played it all right on the budget and HB 6 – so we can go back for more!”
“I stated following the jury conviction of Householder and Borges that this office would continue to work tirelessly to hold more people accountable for their actions to harm Ohioans, and we have,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker. “This indictment is yet another step in the direction of that accountability.”
“This alleged $60 million racketeering conspiracy defrauded Ohioans to enrich the defendants," stated FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge Elena Iatarola. “The FBI will continue to pursue political corruption and corporate fraud to protect taxpayers and hold white-collar criminals responsible for their actions.”
The RICO conspiracy as charged in this case is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
#Ohio
:doj: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/grand-jury-indicts-2-former-firstenergy-executives-racketeering-conspiracy-involving
This is #Ohio, run by rural MAGA men who want to shut down any Ohioans voice but theirs & the companies they grift from eg #firstenergy and any company that destroys parks for finding oil or coal or magic beans
This criminal will probably get some political appointment
Former #Ohio House Speaker #LarryHouseholder will ask President-elect Donald Trump to release him from a 20-year prison sentence, his attorney said.
Householder was convicted of participating in a $60 million pay-to-play scandal involving #Akron based #firstenergy The utility helped him return to power and in exchange, Householder gave FirstEnergy a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear plants
This is the rot that rules #Ohio, with TFG's tiny hand in the pocket
"#FirstEnergy gave heavily to Trump and Trump worked for a federal bailout"
"Former Ohio House Speaker #LarryHouseholder is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence as a consequence of his involvement, former state Republican Party Chair Matt Borges is serving five years and two others have pleaded guilty and await sentencing. Two others were charged and then died by suicide."
“As it sought a massive, corrupt bailout in Ohio, Akron-based FirstEnergy also spent lavishly on Trump-aligned dark money groups & at hotels & golf courses owned by [him]….”
The “deep dive” report shows “otherwise-secret records” from prosecutions & litigation around “one of the biggest bribery scandals in Ohio history.” FirstEnergy “funneled $61m” in order to pass a “$1.3B ratepayer bailout” through Ohio’s gerrymandered legislature.
#ohio #ohiopol #Trump #firstenergy
FirstEnergy, one of America’s most corrupt utilities, secretly spent millions of dollars as it pursued a multi-billion-dollar federal bailout for its coal and nuclear plants during Donald Trump’s presidency, a bailout Trump promised, but failed to deliver.
#EnergyMastodon #EnergyTransition #climate #FirstEnergy #corruption #Ohio
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost thought a proposed utility bailout was a bad law, but he didn’t publicly oppose it because of support he’d received from the bailout’s primary beneficiary, FirstEnergy.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has agreed to settle the largest bribery and money laundering scandal in state history with the massive utility that funded it.
$20 million settlement dwarfed by scale of epic utility ripoff that featured more than $61 million in bribes and a $1.3 billion bailout
Ohio's complicit and criminal Attorney General and Governor slap First Energy on the wrist for bribery that resulted in prison sentences and suicides, along with protection from competition for Ohio's electric customers:
Look for what chicken "producer" donates $$$ to the #MikeDewine GOP oligarchy.
Maybe the #FirstEnergy of chicken wings!
Ohio, The State of Shame
#OhioCapitalJournal is my go-to source for #Ohio news!
Our state is run as a GOP oligarchy, even crime family re: #HB6 #FirstEnergy
Capo #MikeDewine has had two "aides" so far commit suicide. . .
Lie lie lie Deny deny deny
" #Ohio Lt Governor #JonHusted adamantly denied prior knowledge of the largest bribery scheme in state history after we discovered text messages from #FirstEnergy executives alleging he led the push for #HB6
He also seemed aggravated by follow-up questions asking how he was ignorant of the plot."
Client Info
Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.04
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst