From credit cards to pool cleaning, FirstEnergy money benefited Larry Householder
CINCINNATI — A $1.3 billion utility bailout might have been titled “,” but the utility that received it paid to settle a lawsuit over a failed coal mine owned by Larry Householder, the bailout’s prime mover, a prosecution witness said in federal court on Thursday.
Householder is accused of taking the huge amount from FirstEnergy to achieve his political goals in return for passing and protecting the bailout — House Bill 6 — part of which went to subsidize 70-year-old coal plants despite the legislation’s “Clean Air” moniker. The money, more than $500,000, went to Householder through accounts controlled by political operative Jeff Longstreth, according to bank records Glatfelter displayed on Wednesday. In opening statements last month, Householder’s attorneys said that the payments were loans from Longstreth, who was also charged in the case, but he pleaded guilty and is now cooperating with the prosecution.
In early 2020, the speaker was also pushing FirstEnergy executives to support legislation that would limit lifetime service in the House and Senate to 16 years, according to text messages displayed on Tuesday.
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