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News & Current Events Mar 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM

Jury can’t reach verdict in corruption trial of 2 ex-FirstEnergy executives in $60M bribery scandal

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Jury can't reach verdict in corruption trial of 2 ex-FirstEnergy executives in $60M bribery scandal
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Jury can't reach verdict in corruption trial of 2 ex-FirstEnergy executives in $60M bribery scandal
A jury has deadlocked in the trial of two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives charged for their roles in Ohio's $60 million bribery scandal.
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CabbageMoosePing Mar 31, 2026 +107
Imagine admitting to a $60M bribery scheme and still skating on “jury couldn’t decide” limbo. Ohio corruption bingo card stays undefeated. Honestly, every big utility bill should come with a line item: “legal defense fund.”
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npeggsy Mar 31, 2026 +172
"I just don't think they're guilty" one juror claimed, whilst climbing into his ferrari. "I'm happy in some ways they called the trial when they did, we've just bought a property in the Bahamas and I'm keen to get out there now that I've taken early retirement last week."
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Tyrrox Mar 31, 2026 +52
Typically it's more like the defense attorneys had all the damning evidence squashed and played the Chewbacca defense long enough to confuse people.
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ImNotAWhaleBiologist Apr 1, 2026 +12
Right, but he’s not actually from Endor! Are you trying to say it makes any sense!?!
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AudibleNod Mar 31, 2026 +99
>The deadlock leaves Jones and Dowling in limbo for now, and comes as a rare blow to prosecutors — who long ago secured an admission from FirstEnergy that it underwrote the bribery scheme, and later saw former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating it. Government officials will usually be the ones left holding the bag if it's between them and businessmen.
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WinterSector8317 Apr 1, 2026 +10
State officials  National politicians just call bribes campaign contributions or free motorhomes from friends
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cromulent_verbage Mar 31, 2026 +15
Make him sick you will, behaving like that. There's only one way to eat a brace of executives.
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Mikestopheles Mar 31, 2026 +7
Raw and wriggling?
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Septopuss7 Apr 1, 2026 +1
How to Eat Fried Worms?
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browsk Mar 31, 2026 +14
I’m sure one juror is having a much better life after the trial
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One-Incident3208 Mar 31, 2026 +10
Huh...could it be they bribes the jury?
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SouthOfTheNorthPole Apr 1, 2026 +5
Only one bribe is necessary. The pols - and their wives - are already rotting in prison from that scandal. When the FBI announced the indictments in a live TV broadcast, they stated that the Ohio GOP is the most corrupt political outfit in the country. That part hasn't changed, they just rearranged the deck chairs.
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Fanfics Mar 31, 2026 +4
see stuff like this is how you get people giving billionaires the old "WAHOO" \[coin noises\]
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Actual__Wizard Apr 1, 2026 +5
They basically admitted it... WTF?
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Valuable-Shirt-4129 Mar 31, 2026 +7
Holy shoes, that's wild!
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homebrew_1 Mar 31, 2026 +7
Trump will pardon them if they are convicted.
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Fit-Let8175 Apr 1, 2026 +2
I'm wondering if there are senators and congressmen who are thinking: "ONLY $60M!?"
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Skiier-Hair Apr 1, 2026 +2
Just looking like this should 100% get you a guilty verdict
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Ok-Stick7883 Apr 1, 2026
People are stupid and full of greed. They probably told the Jury “we will give you $xxxxxx if you can’t come to a conclusion. If you choose to find us guilty, we will then just give that money to Trump to pardon us. Do you want to leave this endeavor with nothing, and in a short matter of time we will be free men anyways?”
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SouthOfTheNorthPole Apr 1, 2026 +5
State crime. No Cheezus pardon.
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