BY: MORGAN TRAU AND IAN CROSS
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted in the largest bribery scheme in state history.
Householder was sentenced by federal judge Timothy Black in United States District Court in Cincinnati Thursday afternoon, over three months after he and ex-GOP chair Matt Borges were found guilty by a federal jury of felony racketeering. Householder passed a nearly $61 million scheme for a billion-dollar bailout, House Bill 6, at the expense of ratepayers.
As he walked into the court building, OCJ/WEWS statehouse reporter Morgan Trau asked Householder how he was feeling ahead of the sentencing.
“I don’t feel — I don’t feel anything,” he responded.
When asked what he was hoping for today, he replied, “I don’t have a hope today.”
