By Paul Anderson

City News Service

Federal prosecutors are recommending a day in jail, or time already served, for former Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Todd Ament as a reward for his cooperation with authorities in taking down former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu in the failed Angel Stadium sales deal, according to a sentencing brief filed this week.

Meanwhile, Ament’s attorneys have filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea , arguing he got bad advice from his prior attorney. Ament’s motion to withdraw his plea comes after U.S. District Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha rebuffed prosecutors’ attempts to dismiss a wire fraud count against Ament.

Ament pled guilty in July 2022 to defrauding a cannabis company in addition to loan fraud and tax cheating. His sentencing

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