From: July 5, 2022 post

Congressman Steve Chabot’s campaign issued the following statement Tuesday reacting to revelations from the second week of the trial of former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld.

“We already learned Landsman’s vote on the city council was up for sale to the highest bidder and now we learn one of his closest associates was a direct collaborator in the corrupt scheme,” said Chabot campaign manager John Gomez. “Landsman’s longtime advisor, campaign manager and fundraiser testified to breaking federal law to enable corruption on the city council, raising new questions about the breadth of Landsman’s involvement in the illicit scheme and the extent to which collaborators in corruption are involved in his campaign for Congress.”

“The corruption trial of Greg Landsman’s co-conspirator in the Gang of Five corruption scandal continues to expose why he is unfit to represent the hardworking families of Ohio’s First District in Congress,” Gomez continued. “The steady drip of new revelations only underscores that a Hamilton County judge previously said Landsman lied to the public, should resign from the Cincinnati City Council and that no one should ever vote for him again.”

Landsman’s longtime advisor Jared Kamrass testified during the trial last week about his illegal conduct, for which he could still face federal charges, and the breadth of corruption on the Cincinnati City Council.

Ahead of Kamrass’s testimony, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported,”one of Cincinnati’s top political fundraisers, Jared Kamrass” is expected to testify in the upcoming Sittenfeld trial and that “Kamrass agreed to help the government after being investigated for his own alleged wrongdoing. Court records say Kamrass ‘violated federal laws, about commonplace, legal practices of campaign financing and fundraising…’ Kamrass could still be prosecuted, the records say.”

“Kamrass had a list of prominent Democratic clients including… City Councilman Greg Landsman who is running against Steve Chabot for Ohio’s 1st congressional district,” according to WCPO 9.

Kamrass led the search to fill the position of finance director for Landsman’s current campaign for Congress. He was also Landsman’s longtime campaign manager for City Council.Read more on revelations from the first week of the corruption trial of Landsman’s colleague HERE.

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