Digging into the latest indictment of Larry Householder [Video]

The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.

Former House Speaker Larry Householder has again been indicted on charges related to his actions in a massive bribery and money laundering scandal.

The Glenford Republican is already serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted last March of racketeering in a scheme in which Akron-based FirstEnergy paid more than $60 million to purchase a $1.3 billion, ratepayer-financed bailout.

Former speaker Householder sentenced to 20 years for state’s largest bribery scheme

The state charges concern some conduct Householder engaged in after he was arrested in July 2020. They also concern debts and other items that Householder admitted during his federal trial that he didn’t report to the Joint Legislative Ethics Commission as required.

The former speaker faces maximum sentences of from three to eight years on each of the 10 state charges from the Cuyahoga grand …