The federal corruption trial of suspended Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas is now in the hands of the jury.
‘Winks and nods work’
Prosecutors also claim that as part of their deal, Flynn agreed to funnel $100,000 from a Ridley-Thomas political campaign fund through the School of Social Work to a new nonprofit headed by his son. In testimony as defense witnesses Wednesday, County Supervisor Janice Hahn and former Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said Ridley-Thomas did not try to cajole them to support the contracts in question.
With regard to USC granting Sebastian Ridley-Thomas a scholarship, Durie said, “You don’t have to like it but it's a thing that happens.” She reminded the jury that Mark Ridley-Thomas “is certainly not on trial for anything his son did.”
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