Supreme Court clears way for dismissal in case of ex-Cincinnati councilman pardoned by Trump

A former Cincinnati city councilman convicted of bribery and attempted extortion but later pardoned by President Trump may now see his case dismissed after the Supreme Court cleared the way. In an order Monday, the justices declined to hear arguments in Alexander “P.G.” Sittenfeld’s appeal of his 2022 conviction, instead granting his petition only to vacate a…