22-07-2020 23:48 via uk.news.yahoo.com

AP EXPLAINS: A look at $60M bribery probe unfolding in Ohio

The arrest Tuesday of powerful Republican House Speaker Larry Householder and four associatesin a $60 million federal bribery casehas upended both politics and policy-making in Ohio.Householder, a two-time speaker from rural Perry County, is alleged to be at the top of what prosecutors believe is the largest money-laundering scheme in state history, and the first in the Southern District of Ohio to involve a racketeering charge against a public official.Investigators say Householder and his asso
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