Defense rests in suspended L.A. City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas' federal corruption trial
Lawyers will give closing arguments Thursday morning after the judge rejected two proposed rebuttal witnesses. Jurors heard from several brief defense witnesses.
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Suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas’ former chief of staff testified that a letter an FBI agent described as …