[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - On Tuesday Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, 61, was arrested along with four associates in a $60million bribery case
- The conspiracy involved the passing of House Bill 6, the FirstEnergy nuclear bailout bill, that was signed into law last year
- The four associates are lobbyists: Jeffrey Longstreth, 44; Neil Clark, 67; Matthew Borges, 48; and Juan Cespedes, 40
- They were all charged with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering scheme
- Probe included dinners between undercover agents and Householder and associates where they made incriminating statements about bribes
- Householder, a Republican, is in his second stint as House speaker following his tenure in the same position from 2001 to 2004
- In 2004 he and several top advisers were under federal investigation for alleged money laundering and irregular campaign practices, but no charges were filed
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