The trial of Larry Householder, former Ohio House speaker, and Matt Borges, former FirstEnergy lobbyist, is set to begin on Monday with opening arguments in a federal courthouse in Cincinnati.
Attorneys have spent the last 30 months preparing for their arguments for the case that accuses Householder of receiving $61 million in bribes in exchange for passing a $1 billion nuclear power plant bailout bill.
FirstEnergy, a lobbyist connected to the utility, and a Republican political strategist have all admitted to their role in a bribery scheme that funneled tens of millions of dollars through a series of dark money groups that ultimately landed in a 501(c)4 called Generation Now, allegedly controlled by Larry Householder.
Householder and Borges have pleaded "not guilty" in the case.
Follow: Scroll through the timeline detailing the events that led up to the trial.
