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.

Suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas leaves the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, with his wife, Avis Ridley-Thomas, and lawyer Ramsey Fischer of Morrison Foerster LLP.

Suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas’ former chief of staff testified that a letter an FBI agent described as …