Article 6JE47 Trump’s fraud trial rattled by witness’s possible perjury deal

Trump’s fraud trial rattled by witness’s possible perjury deal

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Lauren Aratani in New York
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Judge asks lawyers for details of potential agreement between ex-Trump executive and district attorney

A potential perjury deal with a key witness could shake up the verdict in Donald Trump's $370m New York fraud trial, a new court document reveals.

Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over the case, sent an email to the trial's lawyers on Monday asking them to give him more information about a supposed perjury deal that Allen Weisselberg, a former Trump Organization executive, is making with the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg.

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