Posted on 03/08/2021 6:38:59 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
It’s been over seven months since the FBI announced a criminal complaint stemming from Ohio House Bill 6 (HB6). Arrests were made for what feds call a bribery and racketeering plan bankrolled by FirstEnergy Solutions to elect state representatives and a House Speaker that would ensure the bill passed (and stopped efforts to repeal it) – giving a $1.3 billion bailout to two Ohio nuclear energy plants.
The FBI investigation is ongoing and discoveries continue to surface detailing relationships between the energy company, political action committees, nonprofits, dark money groups, corporations and government officials....
Generation Now (which pleaded guilty to racketeering charges last month), Partners for Progress, State Solutions, and Empowering Ohio’s Economy are a pivotal few of the 501 (c)(4) nonprofit corporations into which a new report deeply dives – news that also lays out the $1 million relationship between FirstEnergy companies and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s campaign.
The excerpt below summarily describes the relationship between FirstEnergy, DeWine, Lt. Gov Jon Husted, as well as DeWine appointees. The full article can be viewed here – revealing the complex web of entities and people through which millions of dollars flowed.
Akron-based FirstEnergy and FirstEnergy Solutions donated more than $1 million to nonprofit groups and political campaigns since 2017 to help elect Gov. Mike DeWine, according to a Dayton Daily News investigation.
Just weeks after DeWine won in 2018, he and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, dined with then FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and Senior Vice President Mike Dowling at the Athletic Club of Columbus on Dec. 18.
The 90-minute dinner came as DeWine was hiring key staff for his administration. Weeks after the dinner, DeWine appointed long-time energy attorney Sam Randazzo to lead the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, which has regulatory oversight over FirstEnergy....
(Excerpt) Read more at theohiostar.com ...
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Report: Energy Company at Center of FBI Case Funneled $1 Million to DeWine Election Efforts
The Ohio Star ^ | March 8, 2021 | Jack Windsor
Posted on 3/8/2021, 9:38:59 PM by CheshireTheCat
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