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• ysjet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh no, everyone else in the republican party got off scott-free, including the current sitting governor, and the laws and funding that were bribed into existence are, still around as a result, and the taxpayer money (over 1 billion of it) won’t be repaid.

  I think the only exceptions to them getting off scott-free is Larry Householder, who I mentioned is in jail, and Sam Randazzo, the former PUCO chair who committed suicide. And I supposed technically the ex GOP chair Matt Borges, who was convicted, but released almost immediately.

  FirstEnergy themselves are being investigated, the sitting US Senator just testified iirc last week on the matter, but the politicians that facilitated everything have otherwise not been charged with anything and there’s no intent to, and the judge seems fairly intent on ensuring no one at FirstEnergy goes to jail as well. She’s been overreaching by trying to squash any journalistic coverage of the court case, to the point of where multiple newspapers/news companies are suing her. She also just straight up dismissed money laundering charges, claiming that the prosecution hadn’t proven that the defendants knew that they payments they made were illegal… despite the prosecution providing the defendants’ own text messages celebrating it, and documents from FirstEnergy’s own attorney advising against the payment. On top of that, the case is still ongoing.

  So yeah, it’s fucked, and it’s likely to resolve with them getting away with it. $60 million for over $1 billion in taxpayer money, propping up power plants that don’t even serve Ohio.

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  • TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ya I haven’t seen any media on this, thanks for bringing me into the loop.

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