Prosecutors highlight 'suspicious' Weisselberg payment in Trump civil fraud trial closing

New York prosecutors focused on a severance package paid to Allen Weisselberg after he was convicted of dodging taxes as they concluded their $370 million civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump, according to a legal analyst inside the courtroom.

Judge Arthur Engoron asked New York Attorney General's office attorney Kevin Wallace to explain his position that the severance payment was noteworthy, MSNBC's Lisa Rubin said Thursday.

"Why is it suspicious?" Engoron asked.

Wallace's argued it could be considered a reward after Weisselberg "took the complete fall" for the Trump Organization, Rubin reports.

"The amounts are suspicious because of the timing and the conditions," Rubin wrote, again summarizing Wallace. "The agreement says don’t go talking to the authorities."

Weisselberg is named as a defendant in the civil fraud case and was grilled extensively over Trump Organization financial records during the trial.

He and his codefendants deny wrongdoing.