Ohio House Speaker, Four Others Charged in $60 Million Money Laundering Scheme

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others were arrested and charged Tuesday for their alleged involvement in what a U.S. attorney described as the largest bribery and money laundering ever perpetrated against the state.

U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio David DeViller told reporters at a press conference that the five defendants passed and maintained a $1.5 billion bailout in return for $61 million in dark money.

That money was used to line the pockets of the defendants, to build Householder a power base, and to...