Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A second person accused in the largest corruption scheme in Ohio history has died in a suspected suicide. Leaders and lawmakers shared their thoughts — except the two men at the top of the state: Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted.
"Sam was tried and convicted in the media before he even had a chance to defend himself at trial," Randazzo's attorney Richard Blake told me, confirming it was suicide.Randazzo pleaded not guilty in both state and federal court after he was charged with dozens of crimes related to bribery and embezzlement. He allegedly received more than $4.3 million in bribes from FirstEnergy, according to Department of Justice officials and Attorney General Dave Yost.
In late June that year, federal judge Timothy Black sentenced Householder to 20 years in prison. Borges got five years. The two surviving defendants — Jeff Longstreth and Juan Cespedes — took plea agreements early on, helping the FBI, and are still awaiting their sentencing. The feds are asking for zero to six months for them.
Back in December, I asked DeWine in a one-on-one interview if he regretted appointing Randazzo to the PUCO. “The Husted campaign never received this donation and is not affiliated with any of these groups,” spokesperson Hayley Carducci told News 5.Husted and his team had no comment when asked about Randazzo and his death.Attorney General Dave Yost“I was shocked, like everybody else, and saddened,” Yost said. “You don't want to see anybody go like that.”
Stephens has one of the coal plants in his district and has shown no signs of wanting to repeal the bailouts. Then, in the 134th General Assembly, lawmakers passed H.B. 128 — which took out funding for nuclear power plants. When it comes to repealing H.B. 6, Huffman doesn’t want to repeal the policy around energy efficiency.“I never think that we should say ‘Because something happened five years ago or 20 years ago’ that we should say ‘We're not going to talk about it anymore,’” he stated, directly addressing Stephens’ comment.
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