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Cincinnati City Councillor P.G. Sittenfeld was arrested on November 19, 2020, on charges that he accepted bribes in exchange for favorable votes. He was charged with two counts of honest services wire fraud, two counts of bribery, and two counts of attempted extortion by a government official. Sittenfeld was the third member of the Cincinnati City Council to be arrested in 2020, in addition to Jeff Pastor (R) and Tamaya Dennard (D). Sittenfeld accepted a suspension from the city council on December 7, 2020. Sittenfeld's trial began in June 2022. On July 8, 2022, a jury found Sittenfeld guilty on one charge of bribery and one charge of attempted extortion. The jury found him not guilty of two counts of honest services wire fraud and one count each of attempted bribery and extortion. On July 22, 2022, Sittenfeld's attorneys filed a motion accusing one juror of misconduct. According to the motion, the juror is alleged to have posted about the case on Facebook during the trial. On September 30, 2022, Sittenfeld's attorneys filed two motions: one for acquittal and the other for a new trial.
