What’s next in the Householder, Borges trial?

Federal prosecutors are planning to bring several new witnesses to the stand in their case against Larry Householder and Matt Borges, who are accused of playing roles in a $61 million bribery scheme.

The prosecution has said it plans to bring former Householder associates, Anna Lippincott and Megan Fitzmartin, to testify in the trial.

Lippincott and Fitzmartin were former employees of JPL and Associates, which was run by Jeff Longstreth, a co-defendant in the case who agreed to a plea deal.

Prosecutors said JPL was the firm behind Generation Now, the 501(c)4 funded by FirstEnergy that Householder is accused of operating for personal and political gain.

Householder, Republican former Ohio House speaker, is accused of taking the money in exchange for passing House Bill 6 in 2019, a $1 billion nuclear power plant bailout.