Welcome to the beat. I'm Katie Fang in for Ari Melber. We're going to start tonight with what could be a consequential plea deal.

moments ago, the New York Times reporting former Trump organization CFO Alan Weisleburg, who's already been convicted for tax fraud, is in

negotiations with Manhattan prosecutors to plead guilty again, but this time to the

charge of perjury.

Now this deal would require Wiesleburg to have to admit

that he lied on the witness stand in Trump's civil fraud trial

and that he lied under oath in an interview with the New York

Attorney General's office. Wieslberg previously admitted to orchestrating an

off-the-books scheme within the Trump organization for which he spent

100 days at Rikers Jail last year.

Joining me now is former federal prosecutor Renato Mariati and Leah Littman

law professor at the University of Michigan folks this was news, just came out from the New York Times.

I wanted to start the show with you on this particular topic.

Renato, your reaction to this news, I guess timing is everything, right?

We are waiting for justice

Arthur and Goron to issue his ruling on the remaining counts

that were under trial over the span of the last few weeks.

Do you think that's the reason why we haven't received anything yet

from Justice and

gouron? It's a great question. I think he's probably taking his time on that

opinion because it's an important one and it's very consequential. But really I think regarding this news,

what I would just say is that you have to know that Alan Weislberg is giving Alvin Bragg and his team a heck of a lot because realistically a prosecutor

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