Matt Borges

Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges have been found guilty by a jury of corruption following a seven-week trial.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and former FirstEnergy lobbyist and state party chair Matt Borges, both Republicans, are accused of playing roles in a $61 million bribery scheme to pass a billion-dollar bailout for two nuclear power plants.

Closing statements are set before a jury Tuesday in the trial of ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, where both Republicans are accused of participating in a $60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors call the largest corruption case in state history.

Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder is done testifying on the stand, and ex-Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges's team said they would not mount a defense.

Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder testified in his defense Wednesday, after the prosecution rested its case against him and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges.

Jurors heard from the late lobbyist Neil Clark, who was charged in the House Bill 6 corruption case, but died by suicide in March 2021.

The trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges is going into the fourth week and the prosecution is preparing to move on to other witnesses in the case.

The lawyers for Larry Householder and Matt Borges had the chance to cross examine an FBI special agent after spending seven days answering questions for the prosecution.

Federal prosecutors showed an invoice from a private investigator firm that detailed the surveillance it conducted on signature gatherers who wanted to repeal the nuclear power plant bailout.

Federal prosecutors played phone calls and in-person meetings that were secretly recorded to act as evidence against Matt Borges in the $61 million bribery case.