Both are charged with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving bribery and money laundering, which carries a punishment of up to 20 years in prison. Both pleaded not guilty and maintain their innocence.
FORMER OHIO HOUSE SPEAKER DENIES DINNERS WITH ENERGY EXECS DURING CORRUPTION TRIAL
Then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder sits at the head of a legislative session in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
The six-week trial came 2 1/2 years after Householder, Borges and three others were arrested in the case.
Prosecutors called an FBI agent to the stand who walked jurors through the highlights of thousands of pages of subpoenaed records, then played them secretly taped conversations and questioned firsthand participants in key events surrounding the alleged scheme.