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FILE - The then-FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, is pictured on April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

5 years after Ohio’s $60M bribery scandal, critics say more could be done to prevent a repeat

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

This June 30, 2023, booking photo provided by the Butler County, Ohio, Sheriff's Office shows Larry Householder, the ex-Ohio House speaker. Householder appealed the 20-year prison sentence he received for masterminding the largest corruption scheme in state history on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in a move that was anticipated. The 64-year-old Republican has been held in county jail since a federal judge sentenced him on Thursday, June 29, to the maximum penalty for racketeering allowed under federal law. (Butler County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder appeals 20-year prison term in massive corruption scheme

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder sits at the head of a legislative session in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 30, 2019. Householder was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday, June 29, 2023, for his role in the largest corruption scandal in state history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ex-GOP Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60M bribery scheme; appeal expected

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, center, walks into Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse with his attorneys, Mark Marein, left, and Steven Bradley, right, before jury selection in his federal trial, Jan. 20, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges were convicted Thursday, March 9, 2023, in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption case in state history. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Ex-GOP Ohio speaker, lobbyist guilty in $60M bribery scheme

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

5 more Householder campaign finance claims referred in Ohio

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Republican Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder sits at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus. Householder's name will be on the ballot Nov. 3, 2020, as the disgraced lawmaker intends to serve his district for another term despite facing federal bribery charges for his alleged involvement in a $60 million bribery scheme that shook the Statehouse this summer and led his party to remove him from the House speaker role. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ex-House speaker runs for reelection despite federal charges

By FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, then-Republican Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder, of District 72, sits at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus. With their presidential hopes high for fall, some Ohio Democrats, who helped seat Householder, the now-indicted Republican House speaker, and also helped pass the nuclear bailout bill that prosecutors allege Householder delivered as part of a $61 million bribery scheme, have begun shedding campaign contributions tainted by the related federal probe. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Dems fault GOP, return cash tainted by Ohio bribery scheme

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

FILE – This April 4, 2017, file photo shows the entrance to FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. A nuclear plant bailout law should be repealed immediately, Democratic members of the Ohio House announced Wednesday, July 22, 2020, as a bribery scandal involving one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers unfolded over the law’s passage. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

Former Ohio House speaker needs more time to find lawyer

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - Republican Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder sits at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Householder, who is accused in a $60 million federal bribery probe, was removed from his leadership position on July 30, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

4 Ohio operatives plead not guilty in $60M bribery probe

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Ohio House Speaker Pro Tempore Jim Butler presides over a House session as members of the Ohio House of Representatives vote to remove Rep. Larry Householder as Speaker of the House on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio House has ousted its Republican speaker as the chamber’s top leader in a historic, unanimous and bipartisan vote after he was charged in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme. (Joshua A. Bickel /The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

FBI agents search ex-Ohio House speaker’s Statehouse office

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Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder leaves the federal courthouse after an initial hearing following charges against him and four others alleging a $60 million bribery scheme Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

AP EXPLAINS: A look at $60M bribery probe unfolding in Ohio

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, July 18, 2016, file photo, former Speaker of the Ohio House Larry Householder speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Householder, the Ohio House speaker now accused in a $60 million federal bribery probe, plays the long game when it comes to politics. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Ohio House sets Thursday vote to remove disgraced speaker

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, center, leaves the federal courthouse after an initial hearing following charges against him and four others alleging a $60 million bribery scheme Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Speaker snared in Ohio bribery probe liked to play long game

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Speaker: Taking sides in contested GOP primaries possible

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House speaker announces pay raises for legislative aides

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The Latest: Panel hashing out gas tax deal to resume Monday

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Ohio House representative returns 2 large improper donations

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