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Trump pardons former Ohio politician convicted in bribery case
PG Sittenfeld, a former Cincinnati City Council member and 2016 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, was convicted of federal corruption charges in 2023.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio â PG Sittenfeld, a former Cincinnati City Council member and 2016 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate convicted of federal corruption charges in 2023, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump.
The move was confirmed by the White House in an email sent Thursday by the press office.
Sittenfeld began a 16-month prison sentence in January 2024, following his conviction the previous year on charges that he accepted $20,000 in bribes to his political action committee from undercover FBI agents in exchange for guaranteeing City Council votes for a Cincinnati development project.
He was freed a few months later as he appealed his conviction, arguing â among other things â that accepting the political contribution was protected by his First Amendment rights.
A federal appeals court panel upheld his conviction last February, though the judges stated that it âmay be timeâ for the Supreme Court to ârevisit or refineâ the court precedents that prosecutors relied on to secure Sittenfeldâs guilty verdict.
Sittenfeldâs attorneys have since appealed again to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com has reached out to Sittenfeldâs attorney and the U.S. Justice Department for comment.
Sittenfeld, 40, was once considered a rising star within the Ohio Democratic Party, winning some statewide attention when he unsuccessfully challenged ex-Gov. Ted Strickland for the 2016 Democratic U.S. Senate nomination. At the time of his arrest, Sittenfeld was planning to run for Cincinnati mayor in 2021.
It remains to be seen whether Sittenfeldâs pardon will have any ramifications for ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, a Perry County Republican, also convicted of federal corruption charges after meeting with the same FBI agents using the same cover story.
Householder, whoâs serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for overseeing a $60 million bribery scheme to pass a 2019 energy law, has been preparing to ask Trump for clemency, though even if thatâs granted, heâs still facing state-level charges that he illegally used campaign funds to pay legal fees in his federal case.
Sittenfeld was one of 14 people pardoned by Trump on Thursday, according to CNN. Others on the list include ex-U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican convicted of tax evasion, and former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, a Republican convicted of election fraud and obstruction of justice in 2014.
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