Supreme Court Deals Final Blow to Ex-GOP Speaker in $60M Bribery Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the federal racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former lobbyist Matt Borges in the state’s sweeping $60 million bribery scandal, leaving intact their prison sentences. The justices declined to overturn a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which last May rejected the defendants’ challenges to their convictions. Householder and Borges had sought Supreme Court review after

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