"NY Judge Urged to Disregard Perjury Inquiry as Verdict Nears in Trump Fraud Trial"

The New York attorney general's office and lawyers for Donald Trump are urging the judge overseeing the civil fraud trial to issue his decision despite potential perjury deal talks involving former Trump lieutenant Allen Weisselberg. Trump's attorneys argue that considering news reports about a potential perjury charge is inappropriate, while state lawyers believe the criminal investigation should not delay the judge's decision. The attorney general's office is seeking $370 million in damages and to ban Trump from doing business in the state, with attorneys for the defendants calling the judge's inquiry into Weisselberg's plea talks unprecedented and inappropriate. The attorney general's lawyers assert that a criminal investigation into perjury could go on indefinitely, but it should not result in any delay of a final decision.