Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) States That Others Have Done It So He Doesn’t Understand Why He Is Being Punished

“It’s challenging” to be away from Sacramento, he said in his first extensive interview since he was convicted by a jury Jan. 29 of eight felonies. “I have been kinda, sorta involved in public policy for a long time.” Prosecutors said Wright lied when he claimed to live in Inglewood when he actually lived in the upscale Baldwin Hills neighborhood outside his Senate district.

Wright insists he did nothing wrong and feels singled out by prosecutors when he says other lawmakers have lived outside their districts over the years.

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