Statement·self record·said 2020-07-23
“My position was we need to have nuclear energy, we need to have all of the above. FirstEnergy's support did not influence my decision to sign House Bill 6.”
Proof of utterancewhere they said it
Verdict — pending
Unratedby Statehouse News Bureau
Reasoning
DeWine has repeatedly defended his HB 6 signing as policy-driven; federal prosecutors convicted former Speaker Householder and Matt Borges in the bribery scheme that produced the bill, but DeWine himself has not been charged or fact-checked on this denial.