A primer on suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas' bribery trial
The longtime powerbroker is accused of steering county contracts to the University of Southern California in exchange for his son's admission and professorship.
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Attorneys will give opening statements Wednesday in longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas’ federal criminal trial after 12 jurors …