Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder led a criminal enterprise to sell legislation for power, prosecutor says in closing argument.
led a criminal enterprise to sell legislation for political power and nearly $61 million, a federal prosecutor said in closing arguments of the state’s largest corruption trial Tuesday.
They conspired to participate in the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. That means at least two offenses, such as bribery, honest service fraud, extortion and money laundering.'Concealment shows corrupt intent'during former President Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017, Singer said.
Lying on the witness stand was one way Householder tried to conceal the enterprise, but it wasn't the only one, Singer argued. , but it wasn’t pay-to-play. Singer said Klaffky, as a powerful lobbyist in Ohio, “had an interest in distancing himself from the exchange.”Householder shifted his attention to a constitutional amendment
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