Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted distanced himself from executives in FirstEnergy testimony

By: Morgan Trau

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 1,582

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted testified in the trial related to the largest public corruption scheme in Ohio history on Wednesday morning, maintaining his distance from the FirstEnergy executives. However, there were some discrepancies between his testimony and public documents.

After he was unable to testify last week due to the Iran war, Husted appeared Wednesday over Zoom in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas.

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