EXCLUSIVE: Lil Durk’s Prosecutors Move To Release Grand Jury Testimony Before Trial

Lil Durk’s defense gets access to grand jury testimony as his August trial date closes in.

Lil Durk‘s federal prosecutors are asking a judge to hand over grand jury testimony to his defense team ahead of next month’s trial. The government filed the request July 2 in Los Angeles, and Durk’s lawyers didn’t object to it.

Prosecutors accuse Durk of ordering a hit on rival rapper Quando Rondo to avenge the 2020 killing of his close collaborator, King Von. The shooting missed its intended target but killed Rondo’s cousin, Saviay’a Robinson, outside a Los Angeles gas station in August 2022.

The request relies on a federal rule that lets courts release grand jury material connected to an upcoming trial. Handing the transcripts over now lets both sides prepare fully before witnesses take the stand at trial.

Judges routinely grant these requests once a case reaches trial, since the secrecy rules exist mainly to protect an active grand jury investigation. Legal experts note the move is procedural and doesn’t hint at how the judge will rule on Durk’s separate request to toss the newest charges.

The filing covers testimony from witnesses prosecutors plan to call once the trial gets underway. Prosecutors say they’re required to turn the material over under the Jencks Act. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel W##### confirmed defense counsel raised no objection to the request.

The move comes as Durk’s case keeps expanding, according to TMZ, with prosecutors adding a third superseding indictment last month that reshaped the entire prosecution. That filing added racketeering and stalking conspiracy charges to the original murder-for-hire case tied to the 2022 killing of Saviay’a Robinson.

Durk’s legal team responded by asking the judge to either split the new charges into a separate case or throw out the indictment altogether. His lawyers argue the government sat on evidence for months and waited until weeks before trial to introduce it.

Durk’s attorneys called the new charges “lipstick on a pig” in a statement addressing the expanded case. They’re pushing for a July 27 hearing where Judge Michael Fitzgerald will decide whether the added counts can stand.

The judge already granted an expedited briefing schedule, Rolling Stone reported, signaling he wants the dispute resolved before opening statements. Durk remains in custody at a Los Angeles federal facility and has pleaded not guilty to every charge against him since his October 2024 arrest.

If convicted on the top count, Durk faces a mandatory sentence of life in federal prison.

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