FBI asked for AG’s internal communications – Yost must appoint special prosecutor
New documents received show that Attorney General Dave Yost and his office received a federal subpoena as a part of the HB6 investigation. The court order asks for both external and internal communications related to the petition campaign to repeal HB 6.…
Federal criminal complaint makes clear they new about scheme – we deserve answers
Today, ProgressOhio filed a public records request for all communications between members of disgraced former Speaker Larry Householder leadership team and individuals implicated in the HB6 bribery scandal.…
Ohioans recently learned that the now-former Speaker of the Ohio House, in league with a team of GOP lobbyists and operatives, hatched a scheme to take more than $60 million in corporate bribes in exchange for enacting a billion dollar consumer-funded bailout of failing coal and nuclear power plants. …
New reporting from Cleveland.com has found that the Ohio Business Roundtable, a group of some of the largest companies in Ohio, has encouraged CEO’s to send letters to their employees pressuring them to vote for Republicans in the Ohio Supreme Court election.…
TO: Ohio Press
FROM: Michael McGovern, ProgressOhio
DATE: September 29, 2020
RE: Questions for Ohio GOP Leaders Following the Debate
As the presidential candidates meet tonight in Cleveland for the first debate, we can all safely assume that President Trump, when asked about voting or the peaceful transition of power, will surely say something false, offensive, or even dangerous. …
Ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate at the Cleveland Clinic, elected leaders and advocates from across Ohio held a press conference to demand that President Trump and Senator Portman reject Amy Coney Barrett, who is on record about her desire to overturn the Affordable Care Act, which comes before the Supreme Court on November 10.…
Yost is knee deep in the HB6 scandal – can we trust him to do the right thing?
Attorney General Dave Yost has announced that he will hold a press conference this afternoon on HB6. But it’s important to keep Yost’s newfound zeal for investigating this scandal in context.…
Hottinger owes voters an explanation, must give back or donate dirty money
Last week, the Cincinnati Enquirer published an analysis finding that FirstEnergy donated $158,000 to political candidates just days before Larry Householder and others were arrested for their massive corruption scandal.…
And we still don’t know who has the checks
Since the Cincinnati Enquirer broke the story yesterday that FirstEnergy doled out $158,000 in the days before Larry Householder was arrested, Republicans have been falling over themselves to claim they never received the money.…
Even in districts they gerrymandered, GOP can’t outrun stink of corruption
Fresh polls from Public Policy Polling in seven highly competitive Ohio state House districts show Democrats leading or within striking distance. The polls also find Joe Biden leading or highly competitive in many traditionally Republican, suburban districts.…