Thursday, July 23, 2020

46 64 116 311 | Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60 million bribery case, July 21, 2020


Federal officials arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others on Tuesday morning in connection with a $60 million bribery case.

U.S. Attorney David DeVillers' office would not discuss details of the case, but a source involved in the investigation confirmed Householder's arrest to The Enquirer.

A spokeswoman for DeVillers said an Ohio official and associates were charged in the case, which she described as a "public corruption racketeering conspiracy involving $60 million." DeVillers has scheduled a 2:30 p.m. press conference to discuss the case.

311 is the 64th prime number


Householder is one of the biggest names in Ohio politics and has been a major player for years in the state's Republican Party. He's known as an aggressive fundraiser who doesn't shy away from hardball tactics on the campaign trail or in the statehouse.

Larry Householder is an American politician who is the state representative for Ohio's 72nd District and the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party. His district includes Coshocton and Perry counties, as well as about half of Licking County. Householder represented the same district from 1997 to 2004, including as speaker from 2001 to 2004. In 2016 he was elected to the Statehouse again and on January 7, 2019, he was selected to serve again as speaker.

On July 21, 2020, the FBI arrested Householder on federal RICO charges. Notably, these charges allege his return to politics in 2016 was the result of a criminal conspiracy.

From Larry Householder's birthday (6/6/20) to the date of his arrest (7/21/20) is exactly 46 days.

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Lastly, on the bottom right hand corner, you will see that it is exaclty 6 weeks and 4 days later, like 64



He first served as Ohio's House speaker from 2001 to 2004. The FBI launched an investigation in 2004 into allegations that Householder and his aides took kickbacks from vendors and traded legislation for campaign contributions. The investigation ended in 2006 with no charges filed.



Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder



Neil Clark, founder of Grant Street Consultants



Matthew Borges, former Ohio Republican Party chair



Juan Cespedes, co-founder of The Oxley Group in Columbus



Jeffrey Longstreth, adivser to Householder



U.S. Attorney David Devillers

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