In a bipartisan 90-0 vote, Ohio House members removed newly indicted Larry Householder from his post of state house speaker.
from his post of state house speaker. The chamber then recessed as Republicans try to figure out a successor.arrested last week on racketeering charges,A federal grand jury indicted Housholder and four others Thursday in what investigators say was a $61 million bribery scheme.
The announcement came less than an hour before Householder was removed from his position as speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.The search for a replacement “I am grateful for the support from my esteemed colleagues today,” Cupp said in a statement. “It is imperative that we begin to rebuild public trust in our chamber, and serve the people of Ohio with the integrity they deserve.”
The House went six weeks without a speaker in the spring of 2018 after then-Speaker Cliff Rosenberger resigned because of his own federal investigation for possible extortion, bribery and Travel Act violations. “Why wouldn’t we fire the speaker?” Crossman asked. “I think it is unfair to hold our staff accountable to the House’s code of conduct but not our elected officials.”
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