FirstEnergy Trial Timeline

Democratic Senate ads link Jon Husted to the FirstEnergy/HB6 scandal through his 2019 legislative support and $3.5 million in company-backed dark...

A $3 million FirstEnergy penalty for repeated Lakewood outages raises questions about sending funds to the state general fund instead of affected...

FirstEnergy texts portray Sen. Jon Husted as "fighting to the end" for HB6, and he is now a defense witness in the executive bribery trial. This development adds scrutiny to his Senate campaign as the case timeline advances.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Black set January 21, 2028 as the trial date for two former FirstEnergy executives in the federal RICO case, marking a key milestone in the HB6 timeline.

The federal bribery trial for ex-FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and lobbyist Michael Dowling is now scheduled to begin January 21, 2028, nearly nine...

Brown’s team is aggressively tying Husted to the FirstEnergy case to sway independents in a tight Senate contest.

• Husted testified for the defense...

Jon Husted's recent testimony in the bribery trial of former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and another ex-executive marks a key courtroom development, offering Ohioans fresh insight into the HB6 scandal's ongoing legal fallout.

• March 2026 hearing: Husted testified in bribery trial of ex-FirstEnergy execs Jones and Dowling, who face retrial in January 2027 after hung jury
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Ohio voters' November choice for attorney general will decide whether the FirstEnergy bribery retrial moves forward in January.

• Democrat Kulewicz...

Three charges against ex-FirstEnergy lobbyist Michael Dowling were dismissed, though bribery allegations remain for him and ex-CEO Chuck Jones.

Summit County Judge Susan Baker Ross dismissed two tampering-with-records counts and one telecommunications-fraud count against Michael Dowling on...

This week in Akron, opening statements began in the state trial of ex-FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and SVP Michael Dowling over the $4.3 million...

Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and ex-SVP Michael Dowling could face two separate juries over two years on House Bill 6 allegations, allowing distinct state and federal proceedings to proceed independently.

New AG Andy Wilson is preparing a stronger 22-count case for a fall retrial of former FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones and Mike Dowling after their...

Ohio's next Attorney General holds the power to halt the FirstEnergy retrial after six years of waiting for justice in the state's largest bribery...

SEC Lawsuit Dismissal

• 🔥 Federal Judge Rules on Jones: A federal judge dismissed the $20M SEC lawsuit against ex-FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones in...

A federal judge dismissed the SEC's $20M civil lawsuit against former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones in the HB6 bribery case, ruling his statements were...

Only one Ohio AG candidate commits to continuing the FirstEnergy bribery retrial of ex-executives Jones and Dowling early next year, underscoring the political stakes for ratepayer accountability in the ongoing public-corruption case.

A federal judge is weighing a push of the RICO trial for former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and lobbyist Mike Dowling to early 2028, citing juror...

A federal judge has proposed shifting the RICO trial of former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and ex-lobbyist Michael Dowling to early 2028, creating an...