Overview
- State lawyers told the judge they met all disclosure obligations, arguing Yeboah-Amankwah’s prior sworn deposition aligned with her trial testimony and that there is “nothing left to give.”
- Prosecutors noted the court reviewed and unsealed Yeboah-Amankwah’s grand jury transcript during trial, which they say contained no exculpatory material requiring advance disclosure.
- Defense attorneys moved to dismiss the case or seek an adverse jury instruction, alleging prosecutors failed to disclose three conversations with the key witness; the judge has not ruled.
- In a separate ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court curtailed the trial judge’s media limits by requiring public, recordable hearings on witness requests to restrict photography or audio and by striking other coverage constraints.
- Yeboah-Amankwah testified that Chuck Jones approved the $4.3 million transfer and later sold about $18 million in stock after favorable PUCO rulings, while prosecutors call the payment a bribe and the defense frames it as a lawful settlement tied to IEU-Ohio.