CINCINNATI — The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out all of former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld's convictions, according to a brief filed Monday by Solicitor General D. John Sauer.

Sittenfield, who was convicted in 2022 and sentenced to spend 16 months in prison for bribery and attempted extortion, was pardoned by President Donald Trump in May 2025. According to the brief, the DOJ wants "to give full effect to the President's pardon and to avoid any remaining doubts about its scope."

Sittenfeld had previously asked in May 2024 to have his public corruption conviction thrown out and subsequently only served four and a half months of his sentence before he was released for the appeal's duration.

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