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Corruption 101

The Common and Essential Ingredient: Eliminate Independent Oversight

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DeWine says Randazzo's ties to First Energy were well known, but the evidence of this is lacking • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's office has said for months that connections between Sam Randazzo and FirstEnergy were well-known when he picked him

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FirstEnergy pumped $1M into backing DeWine, records show

Akron-based FirstEnergy and FirstEnergy Solutions donated more than $1 million to nonprofit groups and political campaigns since 2017 to hel

"DRAFT INDICTMENT FOR: Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity with Specifications (ORC 2923.32) (F1) (1 Count); Bribery (ORC 2921.02) (F3) (1 Count); Bribery (ORC 2921.02) (F3) (1 Count); Aggravated Theft of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars or More (ORC 2913.02) (F1) (1 Count); Aggravated Theft of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars or More (ORC 2913.02) (F1) (1 Count); Telecommunications Fraud (ORC 2913.05) (F1) (1 Count); Money Laundering (ORC 1315.55) (F3) (4 Counts); Money Laundering (ORC 1315.55) (F3) (4 Counts); Tampering with Records (ORC 2913.42) (F3) (8 Counts); Aggravated Theft (ORC 2913.02) (F2) (1 Count); Aggravated Theft (ORC 2913.02) (F2) (1 Count); Telecommunications Fraud (ORC 2913.05) (F1) (2 Counts); Grand Theft (ORC 2913.02) (F4) (1 Count). Total: 27 Counts. Summit County"

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DeWine on House Bill 6: 'We all make mistakes. Every call I make as governor is not right'

Mike DeWine now says putting attorney Sam Randazzo on the PUCO was a mistake but DeWine says he didn't know at the time about a $4.3 million

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted are dripping with the stink of public corruption - Ohio Capital Journal

When it comes to public corruption, Ohio Gov. DeWine is either astoundingly naive, gullible and incompetent — allowing executives, lobbyists

Groups backing Gov. DeWine and his daughter received FirstEnergy cash funneled through dark money outfits

An entity the feds say was used to conceal cash as part of a $61 million bribery scheme gave money to dark money groups supporting Gov. Mike

Ghosts of “Mistakes” Past

And What They Tell Us About Today's Ohio Scandals

Indicted former Ohio utility chair Sam Randazzo reported dead by suicide • Ohio Capital Journal

Sam Randazzo, Gov. Mike DeWine's first pick to chair the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, has died by suicide. Randazzo, 74, was charged

"A Cycle of Corruption": A Timeline of the Householder/HB6 Scandal

‘Call Mike DeWine on the $500k:’ Governor’s text sparked dark money payment, texts show

New records include texts with Gov. Mike DeWine and FirstEnergy's now-indicted CEO

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Map: Where the Householder, FirstEnergy money went

Through former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s campaign, Growth & Opportunity PAC and Hardworking...

Ohio Bribery Scandal Hits Home in Md. — and Utility Customers May Be Footing the Bill - Maryland Matters

The scandal involves the parent company of Potomac Edison, the electric utility that serves more than a quarter million customers in Western

Bill Seitz's FirstEnergy bailout bill is one target of a subpoena

Records show Ohio state representative Bill Seitz worked with FirstEnergy to draft a bailout bill that's the subject of a federal subpoena.

How prosecutors used a law meant to fight the mob to shine a light on dark money in the Householder corruption trial

Experts said the six-week trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder highlighted the unique nature of federal prosecutors' use of

Money paid, favors done. Messages detail relationship between Ohio regulator and energy executives - Ohio Capital Journal

New texts unsealed in court Friday show First Energy executives meeting in late 2018 with a man slated to become Ohio's top utility regulato

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'Jaw Dropping': Ex-FBI agent describes Ohio corruption case on House Bill 6

When FBI agents went to Perry County to arrest Larry Householder, they found a compliant politico, an angry wife and a house in "disarray."

How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs – and stuck others with the bill.

‘Every Politician Has Got to Have Somebody That’s the Hit Man’

A Republican state lawmaker devised a bribery scheme that ended in a trial and a death — and showed why corruption has become harder to pros

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