From: bruce2bowser@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:19:00 AM UTC-5, Bradley K. Sherman wrote in   
   alt.politics:   
   > Republican scum:    
   > |    
   > | After more than nine hours of deliberation, a jury on    
   > | Thursday found former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder    
   > | and state Republican Chairman Matt Borges guilty of felony    
   > | racketeering charges in connection with a billion-dollar    
   > | utility bailout that was passed in 2019.    
   > |    
   > | Both men face maximum sentences of 20 years in what    
   > | prosecutors said was likely biggest bribery and money    
   > | laundering scandal in Ohio history. U.S. District Judge    
   > | Timothy Black will schedule a sentencing hearing.    
   > | ...    
   > | As part of the racketeering scheme, Akron-based FirstEnergy    
   > | and other utilities paid tens of millions into an effort to    
   > | elect friendly lawmakers in 2018 who would vote to make    
   > | Householder speaker the following year. Immediately after    
   > | taking the speaker's gavel, Householder worked furiously to    
   > | pass a $1.3 billion bailout, the vast majority of which    
   > | benefited FirstEnergy subsidiary FirstEnergy Services.    
   > | ...    
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   > --bks   
      
   Train derailments in Ohio seem like a “pattern” to some local residents.   
   -- Jim Jordan (R-OH)   
      
   -- https://mobile.twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1632880242833383428   
      
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