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Buying the Bench

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FirstEnergy Executives Trial 

  • December 18, 2018: Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and former Senior VP of external affairs Mike Dowling met with Governor-elect Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor-elect Jon Husted at the Columbus Athletic Club. They discussed Sam Randazzo’s appointment to the PUCO, according to the state’s indictment. The indictment says that Jones and Dowling then drove to Randazzo’s condo and negotiated the $4.3 million bribe.
  • February 4, 2019: Gov. DeWine appointed Randazzo to the Public Utilities Commission.
  • March 11. 2026: Former Lt. Gov. Jon Husted testified via Zoom. He said the reason for this was because he was in DC because of the  war in Iran, but the Senator still made it to Ohio over the weekend for a fundraiser. Husted told the court he wasn’t aware of a meme with Dowling and Randazzo’s faces photoshopped onto a picture of Mount Rushmore.

Faces on Mt. Rushmore from left to right: Ty Pine, former FirstEnergy VP Mike Dowling, former PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo, and the President of the Boich Companies Matt Evans. Pine received a $25,000 bonus after passage of House Bill 6 in 2019. 

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