The Justice Department told the US Supreme Court on Monday that it should overturn the bribery convictions against a former Democratic Cincinnati councilman pardoned by President Donald Trump so they can be dismissed but not take up the legal issue the ex-politician continues to push.
US Solicitor General D. John Sauer said the justices should vacate a February decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to uphold P.G. Sittenfeld’s convictions and send the case back to the trial judge. The posture, which advocates for less than Sittenfeld seeks, nevertheless isn’t totally dissimilar to the one the ...
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