Matt Borges

Householder, along with former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges, have been convicted in federal court of wrongdoing in connection with the House Bill 6 scandal.

The trial of former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges showed ways in which powers were abused and oversight was absent.

Former US Attorney David DeVillers said comments from his successor made previously and then outside the courthouse in Cincinnati after the verdicts suggest the case continues.

The fifth week of the trial of the Republican former Ohio House speaker and former chair of the Ohio Republican Party started with two witnesses who testified for the prosecution about passing House Bill 6 and stopping a potential ballot issue against it.

Former FirstEnergy Solutions lobbyist Juan Cespedes spent a second day on the stand in federal court, telling jurors of former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges' involvement in the House Bill 6 corruption case.

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

The trial of Larry Householder and Matt Borges revealed more details of how FirstEnergy campaigned for House Bill 6 and the role Borges played in their lobbying effort.

One of Ohio's largest utility companies is attempting to turn the page on a turbulent couple of years. But accountability concerns still linger as FirstEnergy looks at its plans for the future.