A U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday unanimously rejected a wide array of arguments made by Householder and Borges against their convictions.

Householder is serving a 20-year prison sentence, while Borges was sentenced to five years behind bars for their roles in the HB6 scandal involving FirstEnergy.

Ohio’s former House speaker and ex-leader of the state’s Republican Party will remain in prison after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld their convictions Tuesday. Former Speaker Larry Householder received a maximum of 20 years in federal prison in June 2023 for his involvement in what federal prosecutors called the