Clermont County lawmaker John Becker has accused a local Republican party leader of offering him a $50,000 bribe in exchange for his endorsement last year.

Becker wrote in his monthly newsletter that he was “willing to testify under oath and under penalty of perjury regarding my first-hand knowledge of a $50,000 bribe offered by a high-ranking Clermont County Republican Party official in exchange for an endorsement in 2019.”

“After a moment of shock and disgust, the person offering the bribe was asked if he was wearing an FBI wire,” Becker wrote.

Becker told The Enquirer that he was offered the bribe, didn’t take it and reported it to the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee. JLEC executive director Tony Bledsoe said he could not discuss any specifics but would have encouraged any lawmaker to report serious allegations of bribery to law enforcement.

Becker would not say who offered the bribe. He did not report the allegations to law enforcement at the time. (Read more from “Republican Lawmaker Says GOP Official Offered Him a $50K Bribe” HERE)

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