dianne gallagher is following this for us. what is happening with this?tually the first time that alex murdaugh has ever officially pleaded guilty to any of the more than 100 crimes that he has been charged with over the past two years. court proceedings are ongoing, and cnn reported on this plea agreement with the federal government that alex murdaugh signed this week essentially admitting to the 22 federal fraud and money laundering charges and agreeing to cooperate and work with the federal government to find his assets and pay restitution to his victims as well as take a policy graph test if required by the government when talking about other financial crimes as well as any attempts to locate some of the money. now, again, the court proceedings are ongoing, and the judge must accept this plea agreement, and that is what is happening in charleston u.s. district court, and go through each of the charges, and talk to alex murdaugh about these charges. look, he is serving two consecutive life sentences in state court for the murders of his wife maggie and

d dianne gallagher reports. >>> our blood is connected to these trees. we will keep these lands.g to be another 200 years. that's the way we look at it. >> reporter: not everyone has that view, the marsh and beaches of hilton head island have been home to them since america became america. community members say development threatens those families who still call it home. >> why should we give up such a precious gift that god has given us? >> reporter: josephine wright has lived in this house for 30 years but she says her family's home has been on this land since the civil war. purchased by friedman and passed down by generations, her husband wanted to be sure to keep the land in the family after his passing. >> i feel so much pride and comfort in knowing that this is where i will be for the rest of my life. >> reporter: but the 93-year-old great-great-grandmother has felt little comfort over the past few months. >> this is when we start hearing the trees, boom, boom. >> reporter: wright is being sued by a company with plans to build 147 three-story town homes along this jonesvill

cnn's dianne gallagher is in columbia, south carolina.wyers allege that this clerk betrayed her oath in the hope for money and fame. >> the pursuit of a book deal and television appearances. that is the motivation theory presented in this 65-page filing, this motion today by the defense attorneys for convicted murderer alex murdaugh. they say rebecca, becky, hill, she read off the guilty verdicts returned by the jury back in march to the entire world as they watch. they say that she also tampered with the jury. now, again, these are just allegations. but they're very serious and they are bombshell allegations. they claim that the clerk of court advised the jury not to believe murdaugh's testimony and other evidence that was presented by the defense, pressuring them to reach a quick guilty verdict and even misrepresenting a critical and material information to the trial judge in her campaign to remove a juror. she believed to be favorable to the defense. now we have reached out to becky hill. she has not returned any comment responding to

dianne gallagher joins us with the latest.is defense team for a new trial? >> reporter: boris, the defense team said that they will be filing a motion for a new trial based on, quote, after discovered evidence. really that's the only detail that we've been given here. they would not elaborate on exactly what that evidence is, instead pointing us to a press conference that they were expecting to hold tomorrow afternoon with attorneys on the south carolina statehouse grounds over by the state court of appeals. of course, alex murdaugh was convicted by a jury in the brutal murders of his wife maggie and son paul back in march. a judge sentenced him to two life sentences which he is currently serving in a south carolina prison. about a week later his team filed notice that they did plan to appeal, but they didn't give any other details about what that appeal would be based on at the time. now, this is all coming as we are getting a better glimpse into what was happening in the minds of the surviving murdaughs as that trial was goi

cnn's dianne gallagher met with wright. >> we are connected to this land.l keep this land. so this land's going to be here with us if it's going to be another 200 years. that's the way we look at it. >> reporter: but not everyone has that same view. the serene marsh in sandy beaches of hilton head lisland home to the community since before america became america. but today community members say development threatens those families who still all call it home. >> why should we give up such a pressures gift that grodod gave? >> reporter: josephine wright lived here 30 years. her family's home has been on this land since the civil war. purchased by freed men and passed down for generations. her husband wanted to be sure to keep the land in the family after his passing. >> i feel so much pride and comfort in knowing that this is where i will be for the rest of my life. >> reporter: but the 93-year-old great, great-grandmother felt little comfort here the past few months. >> this is when we start hearing the trees, boom, boom. >> reporter: wright is being sued by

let's get to cnn's dianne gallagher in south carolina. what did the defense team say?lerk of court rebecca becky hill was motivated by yet, money and fame. in pursuit of a book deal and television appearances. they filed that motion for a new trial here in columbia today, with a 65-page motion that includes bombshell allegations against the clerk of court there. just to redo a bit of this, they claim that, quote, the clerk of court tampered with the jury by advising them not to believe murdaugh's testimony and other evidence presented by the defense. pressuring them to reach a quick guilty verdict and even misrepresenting critical and material information to the trial judge in her campaign to remove a juror that she believed to be favorable to the defense. now, again, these are just allegations at this point. we have reached out to miss hill. she has not given us comment yet in response to this motion. but look, the filing does contain two sworn affidavits from people who served on the jury and copies of a book that rebecca hill did publish about the murdaugh double mu

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