Everything you need to know about the FirstEnergy trial if you haven’t been paying attention

By: Morgan Trau

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 800

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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State witnesses raised red flags about former FirstEnergy executives and their relationship with an allegedly corrupt utility regulator during the second week of the men’s trial.

Former CEO Chuck Jones and VP Mike Dowling’s relationship with former Public Utilities Commission Chair Sam Randazzo has been under a microscope in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas.

“It was challenging,” Ebony Yeboah-Amankwah, an attorney and former chief ethics officer for FirstEnergy, testified. “Randazzo seemed to have …

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