Lobbyist, Matt Borges appeals his 5-year sentence…in the $60 million dollar bribery scheme that also took down former Ohio House Speaker, Larry Householder. Borges, 51, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, was convicted in March of racketeering alongside Householder. Officials say…the scheme involved secret payments to Akron-based utility FirstEnergy Corp. to secure Householder’s power, elect his allies to the Legislature, pass legislation containing a $1.3 billion bailout of two aging nuclear plants owned by a FirstEnergy affiliate, and then foil efforts to repeal the new law. Prosecutors say…Borges’ primary role in the enterprise was to deprive Ohioans of the opportunity to overturn what he knew was corrupt legislation.
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