Trump’s a Convicted Criminal, so Are We Surprised He Pardons Criminals Like Ohio’s Sittenfeld?

Trump’s a convicted criminal, so are we surprised he pardons criminals like Ohio’s Sittenfeld?

When Donald Trump issued 25 pardons last week, including one for convicted former Cincinnati City Councilman PG Sittenfeld, it sent shockwaves through Ohio’s political and legal communities.

Why did Donald Trump pardon a Democratic crook like P.G. Sittenfeld?

Back, left to right: David Rosenberg and Dianne Rosenberg. Front: P.G. Sittenfeld, the son the Rosenbergs never had, in a courtroom sketch.President Business Deals pardoned former Cincinnati Council President P.G. Sittenfeld on Thursday, roughly 19 months after a jury of Sittenfeld’s peers found him guilty on bribery and attempted extortion charges.Sittenfeld had served 4.5 months on his 16-month sentence before a federal appeals court freed him…