" The AP adds, "An indictment Thursday shows that Democrat P.G. Sittenfeld faces six federal counts related to bribery and extortion. It states that Sittenfeld solicited $40,000 in payments to his political action committee to `deliver the votes' in the city council for a proposed downtown real estate devel

S Attorney David DeVillers "discussed the case at a news conference late Thursday morning. He said FBI agents had arrested Sittenfeld earlier. 'Mr. Sittenfeld was no longer working for the citizens of Cincinnati, but working for Project 1,' DeVillers said, referencing the proposed real estate project. FBI

The AP adds, "An indictment Thursday shows that Democrat P.G. Sittenfeld faces six federal counts related to bribery and extortion. It states that Sittenfeld solicited $40,000 in payments to his political action committee to 'deliver the votes' in the city council for a proposed downtown real estate deve

id DeVillers "discussed the case at a news conference late EFTA00149164 Thursday morning. He said FBI agents had arrested Sittenfeld earlier. `Mr. Sittenfeld was no longer working for the citizens of Cincinnati, but working for Project 1; DeVillers said, referencing the proposed real estate project. FBI

The AP adds, "An indictment Thursday shows that Democrat P.G. Sittenfeld faces six federal counts related to bribery and extortion. It states that Sittenfeld solicited $40,000 in payments to his political action committee to 'deliver the votes' in the city council for a proposed downtown real estate deve

US Attorney David DeVillers "discussed the case at a news conference late Thursday morning. He said FBI agents had arrested Sittenfeld earlier. 'Mr. Sittenfeld was no longer working for the citizens of Cincinnati, but working for Project 1,' DeVillers said, referencing the proposed real estate project. FBI

s, "Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld has accepted a suspension from council, a process initiated by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost after Sittenfeld was arrested on federal bribery charges. Sittenfeld will be paid his $65,000 salary while temporarily suspended. He said: 'This has been a very diff

, including his pregnant wife and four children, according to the source." Ohio AG Asks State Supreme Court To Begin Suspension Proceedings Against Sittenfeld. WXIX-TV Cincinnati (11/23, Baker, 42K) reports, "Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to begin suspension proceedings a

s, "Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld has accepted a suspension from council, a process initiated by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost after Sittenfeld was arrested on federal bribery charges. Sittenfeld will be paid his $65,000 salary while temporarily suspended. He said: 'This has been a very diff

ts, "Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld has accepted a suspension from council, a process initiated by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost after Sittenfeld was arrested on federal bribery charges. Sittenfeld will be paid his $65,000 salary while temporarily suspended. He said: 'This has been a very diff

oom, a suspension is the right course of action even as the appearance of corruption has no place in government,' Yost wrote in a statement Monday." Sittenfeld (D) "was considered by many to be the front-runner in Cincinnati's 2021 mayor's race with more than $700,000 amassed in his campaign war chest," bu