Told the jury that he didn t want, leon a man accused of stalking an assault, anywhere near his daughter. did you convey to valerie your wishes that natalie not be around the defendant? yes. motive, said the prosecutors, for leon to have mack killed. mack, if the courts get involved, are going to make valérie choose between her daughter and the defendant. she s going to choose her daughter. mack recode to the emotional moment when he learned about the murder plot. if they would ve been successful, natalie would not have had any parents. then it was meghan s turn. no bags or deceptive s this time. she told the jury she had no doubt leon wanted her dead. were you scared? very scared. how did that affect how you felt about your safety around the defendant? i was terrified. defense attorney, george parnham, said the prosecution had it all wrong. didn t leon want anyone. killed he was at suggesting that this we done.
Trump s lawyers and others try to poo-poo it as mere fringe benefits but we know these are serious cases. people go to jail as leon a did in her tax fraud case but adds to the own growing risk of the former president, this case is not just pointed at weisselberg, not just pointed at the trump organization but also at the man whose name is on that company. he says in those remarks at that rally, does anyone know? he s talking about does anyone know about, i guess, these rules when it comes to, quote unquote, fringe benefits. but there s something in that indictment that may be contradicts what he saying there and that is this separate ledger. yes. brianna, the most interesting part of the indictment against mr. weisselberg and the trump companies is in paragraph 19 where the indictment talks about it s incredible