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U.S. attorney who prosecuted former Ohio House speaker fired
by Ohio.news on Feb 19, 2025
The administration of President Donald Trump has fired a federal prosecutor who worked on the case that sent the former Ohio House speaker to prison as part of what is commonly called the “largest bribery scheme in Ohio history.” Former President Joe Biden appointed Kenneth L. Parker, a lifelong Cincinnati-area resident, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Parker, who had served as an assistant United States attorney since 1999, was sworn in as the district’s 45th United States attorney on Nov. 23, 2021. A 1994 graduate of Tuskegee University, Parker earned his law degree from Indiana University in...
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