On Monday, Flynn was sentenced to 18 months of home confinement after admitting to bribing former L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. Unlike Flynn, Ridley-Thomas contested the charges against him and was ultimately convicted of bribery, conspiracy, and mail and honest services wire fraud. "The one who pushed the idea was Mark Ridley-Thomas." In court papers, prosecutors said Flynn "did not conjure up a scheme to funnel Ridley-Thomas' campaign funds through USC on her own." "[Flynn] acted, time and again, at the direction and request of Ridley-Thomas," prosecutors wrote.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 25, 2023 11:21 UTC