Former Ohio House Speaker Convicted in $60 Million Bribery Scheme

Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (C), walks into Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse with his attorneys, Mark Marein (L), and Steven Bradley (R), before jury selection in his federal trial in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Jan. 20, 2023. Joshua A. Bickel/AP Photo

A federal jury convicted former Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Mathew Borges of participating in a bribery scheme of $60 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.

Householder, 63, and Borges, 50, were charged in 2020 in a bribery case related to a nuclear plants bailout bill passed in 2019. The legislature revoked the bill in 2021.