P.G. Sittenfeld: FBI Sting, Bribery Charges, and a Supreme Court Win
P.G. Sittenfeld was the front-runner to be Cincinnati’s next mayor when 8 FBI agents met him in his driveway to arrest him.
For about 18 months an old friend and longtime campaign donor had been recording their conversations for the FBI. Undercover agents posed as out-of-town developers who wanted city help with a downtown project.
Federal prosecutors charged him with honest-services wire fraud, federal program bribery, and attempted Hobbs Act extortion. A jury acquitted him on 4 of the 6 counts, including both wire fraud counts. It convicted him on 1 bribery count and 1 attempted extortion…
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