Feds release Criminal Complaint on Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and others –

OHIO (ECWd) –

Federal prosecutors have release the Criminal Complaint against the following:

• Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder,
• Jeffery Longstreth (Householder’s chief political strategist),
• Neil Clark (owner of Grant Street Consultants),
• Matthew Borges (Registered Lobbyist),
• Juan Cespedes (“key middleman” and multi-client lobbyist), and
• Generation Now (funneled money and registered as a 501(c)(4) non profit).

In the Complaint, prosecutors allege that:

• since 2016 engaged and conspired to engage in racketeering activity
• multiple acts of bribery
• and acts of racketeering in the conduct of enterprise
• Householder’s Enterprise received around $60 million from Company “A” entities paid through “Generation Now”
• Householder’s Enterprise helped pass House Bill 6, described by an Enterprise member as a billion-dollar bailout initiative
• Money passed through various entities, and Householder’s Enterprise then used those bribe payments to further the goal of the Enterprise, which included:
  • obtaining, preserving, and expanding Householder’s political power in Ohio through the receipt of secret payments
  • enriching and benefitting the enterprise, its members, and associates
  • promoting, concealing and benefitting its members and associates from public exposure and possible criminal prosecution

The scheme and background are a must-read!

Read the scheme and how it worked below in the Charging Instrument: