Defendant ex-FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling, left, listens to attorney George Stamboulidis before a hearing in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross' courtroom, in Akron, Ohio, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)

Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross instructs the jury to reach a verdict as prosecution and defense attorneys and the defendants ex-FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling and former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones listen during hearing in their case in Baker Ross' courtroom, in Akron, Ohio, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)

Defendant ex-FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling, left, talks to defense attorney George Stamboulidis during a hearing in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross' courtroom, in Akron, Ohio, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)

Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross addresses the jury during a hearing in the case of defendants former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and ex-FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling during a hearing in Ross' courtroom, in Akron, Ohio, Monday, March 30, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)

Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, right, docks at an oil terminal in Matanzas, Cuba, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Journalists do a standup in front of the Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin docked in Matanzas, Cuba, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

People play soccer in an abandoned swimming pool across from a tanker terminal along the port of Matanzas, Cuba, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin arrives in Matanzas, Cuba, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)