Snyder was convicted of taking $13,000 from a trucking company in exchange for granting them city contracts worth about $1 million.

While the U.S. Supreme Court overturned former Portage Mayor James Snyder’s conviction on a felony bribery charge Wednesday, his conviction on defrauding the IRS stands, as does the possibility that he could turn to the city of Portage and ask for reimbursement for his legal fees in the bribery case since the charge involved his duties as mayor.

In a 6-3 split along ideological lines, the high court sided with James Snyder, the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, who was convicted in 2019 of taking $13,000 from a trucking company in exchange for granting them city contracts worth about $1 million.