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Former Ohio Republican Party Chair reacts to conviction in bribery scheme
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10 Investigate's reporter Bennett Haeberle spoke with former state Republic Party Chair Matt Borges, who was convicted Thursday in a $60 million bribery scheme.
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Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was also convicted and spoke up after hearing the verdict.
A jury in Cincinnati found the two guilty of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving bribery and money laundering. Each faces up to 20 years in prison.
The government’s prosecution team was able to show that “Householder sold the Statehouse" and betrayed the people he was elected to serve, and that Borges was “a willing co-conspirator,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Kenneth Parker said in a statement.