Overview
- Federal prosecutors formally rested Thursday after presenting testimony from three cooperating witnesses and a range of phone, travel, surveillance and financial records.
- The defense immediately called rebuttal witnesses, including the wife of a government cooperator, and then rested so jurors will return Tuesday for closing arguments and expected deliberations.
- Durk’s recording engineer acknowledged during cross‑examination that certain lyrics and a private voice memo referenced revenge and could be read as threats.
- FBI agents testified about an alleged post‑search warrant ‘escape plan’ that included flight bookings and an encounter at a private aviation terminal before Durk’s 2024 arrest in Florida.
- The case hinges on cooperator credibility and documentary corroboration, and a conviction on the federal murder‑for‑hire and related counts could carry a life sentence.