Ohio Jury Deadlocks in FirstEnergy Bribery Trial

0:00jurors in an Ohio corruption trial just hit a wall announcing Tuesday They couldn't agree on a verdict for two former first-energy executives Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling There accused the paying 4.3 million dollars to the future head of the state's utility commission Sam Randazzo as part of a massive $60 million dollar bribery plot. This stems from first-energy's non-prosecution deal back in 2021 where they owned up to bankrolling the whole scheme. Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder got 20 years in prison for running it Aiming to pass a $1 billion bailout for the company's nuclear Plants through House Bill 6 Prosecutors hammered that Jones and Dowling knowingly bribery in Dozo for big regulatory and legislative wins Calling them sharp players who knew the score the defense fired back Saying it was a straight-up legal settlement for his work and panned all the dirt on Randazzo as a total con artist Key testimony came from U.S.

1:01Senator John Husted who was at a crucial dinner in December 2018 with the execs governor elect Mike DeWine and a first-energy lobbyist Text later show Dowling confirming the 4 million $333,000 dollar figure with Randazzo who offered to invoice it However, they wanted the judge plans to mull over a mistrile soon leaving this chapter of Ohio's power scandal Hanging in the balance as more accountability questions linger from your city powered by AI This is Canada news today. I'm Corey with the story