Jury deliberating in corruption trial of ex-FirstEnergy executives accused of $4.3 million bribe
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Defense attorney Rachael Israel talks chats with former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones before the start of closing arguments in his trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross's courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)Ex-FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling listens to defense attorney Dan Webb during the closing arguments in former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones' trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross's courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)Defense attorney Carole Rendon, for former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones, delivers her closing arguments in Jones' trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross's courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)Ex-FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling listens to defense attorney Carole Rendon (not pictured) deliver her closing arguments in former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross's courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)Defense attorney Carole Rendon, for former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones, delivers her closing arguments from the podium in Jones' trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross's courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)
Defense attorney Rachael Israel talks chats with former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones before the start of closing arguments in his trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross's courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)