{"id":236,"date":"2023-06-29T18:41:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press-releases\/20-year-sentencing-of-householder-provides-real-consequences-re-pay-to-play-in-ohio\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T18:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:41:29","slug":"20-year-sentencing-of-householder-provides-real-consequences-re-pay-to-play-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press\/20-year-sentencing-of-householder-provides-real-consequences-re-pay-to-play-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"20-Year Sentencing of Householder Provides Real Consequences RE: Pay-to-Play in Ohio"},"template":"","class_list":["post-236","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"\"This sentencing has significant implications, both in the Buckeye State and across the country. By holding Householder accountable, it sends a message to fellow legislators and other public officials that, not only is pay-to-play wrong and illegal, there can be real consequences.\"","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7876}"],"related_issues":[92,105,423],"related_work":false,"location":38},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>COLUMBUS, OH \u2014 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black. This comes just three months after Householder was found guilty of racketeering, a result of taking over $60 million from FirstEnergy in exchange for being elected to office to pass a $1.3 billion bailout.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The following is a statement from <\/span><b>Common Cause Ohio executive director Catherine Turcer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCommon Cause Ohio urges the state legislature to take steps so that Ohioans aren\u2019t faced with a similar scandal in the near future.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To garner power and to line his own pockets, Larry Householder chose to disregard his obligations to his constituents. Behind the scenes, he coordinated a massive bailout for a powerful presence at the Ohio Statehouse, leaving Ohioans with the cost of his corruption.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This sentencing has significant implications, both in the Buckeye State and across the country. By holding Householder accountable, it sends a message to fellow legislators and other public officials that, not only is pay-to-play wrong and illegal, there can be real consequences.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohioans have been waiting for years for Larry Householder to be held accountable for his actions, but that is only the first step. Householder took advantage of a campaign finance system that allows nonprofits to operate in secret. Unless state legislators create greater transparency and shine a light on dark money, the Householder Enterprise may be adjusted and used as a playbook in the future.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>20-Year Sentencing of Householder Provides Real Consequences RE: Pay-to-Play in Ohio - Common Cause Ohio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press-releases\/20-year-sentencing-of-householder-provides-real-consequences-re-pay-to-play-in-ohio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"20-Year Sentencing of Householder Provides Real Consequences RE: Pay-to-Play in Ohio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press\/20-year-sentencing-of-householder-provides-real-consequences-re-pay-to-play-in-ohio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Ohio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OH.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press-releases\/20-year-sentencing-of-householder-provides-real-consequences-re-pay-to-play-in-ohio\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press-releases\/20-year-sentencing-of-householder-provides-real-consequences-re-pay-to-play-in-ohio\/\",\"name\":\"20-Year Sentencing of Householder Provides Real Consequences RE: Pay-to-Play in Ohio - 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