She said in the days that followed Harris recruited Betts-Ramsey to "beat up" the victim and plotted the attack with others in the Snapchat group.

And on the Telegram messaging platform, he and other members plotted what they called "terror week".

Each followed a strange and twisting path to the Fresno courtroom where the government will at last reveal its account of how murders were plotted from behind prison walls.

All of which echoes Trump’s views, especially his conviction that the FBI, CIA and other national security agencies have plotted ceaselessly against him.

Iran has allegedly plotted to assassinate Trump in recent months.