Lil Durk's federal murder-for-hire trial update: prosecutors say Durk Banks had multiple international flights booked — Switzerland, the UAE, and a private plane to Italy — all scheduled to leave the same day FBI agents arrested him, about an hour before that plane's departure. This video breaks down the corrected flight timeline, what "consciousness of guilt" actually means under federal law, the newly-severed VICAR racketeering charges, defense witness Kevin Freeman's testimony, and the real social reaction around the courthouse — from Ye and Machine Gun Kelly's public support to the backlash Doodie Lo drew days later.
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