Head of JobsOhio board to be deposed in federal civil lawsuit against FirstEnergy

Head of JobsOhio board to be deposed in federal civil lawsuit against FirstEnergy | The Highland County Press

Financially struggling FirstEnergy in 2018 and 2019 paid more than $60 million through 501(c)(4) dark money groups to pass and protect a $1.3 billion ratepayer bailout related to Ohio House Bill 6.

Head of JobsOhio board to be deposed in federal civil lawsuit against FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy's headquarters in Akron. (Photo from Google Maps.)The chairman of the JobsOhio board, Josh Rubin, will be deposed Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in advance of a federal civil trial in which Akron-based FirstEnergy is the defendant, according to court records.  In the suit, state pension systems and other investors accuse FirstEnergy of failing to tell them of “an illicit campaign to corrupt high-profile state legislators in order to secure legi…

JobsOhio Chairman Josh Rubin Deposed in FirstEnergy Lawsuit

JobsOhio board chairman Josh Rubin, a former FirstEnergy lobbyist, faces depositions this week in a federal fraud lawsuit tied to Ohio's bribery scandal.