Two years ago rapper Young Thug was arrested on RICO charges in Fulton County, GA [click here if you missed that].
This week Thug's attorney was tossed in jail on contempt charges after refusing to reveal how he found out about a secret in chambers meeting between the judge, the prosecutor and the state's star witness...
From The Daily Mail
The latest twist in Young Thug's lengthy racketeering trial was his own defense team being thrown in jail for the next 10 weekends for refusing to tell the presiding judge how he heard about a privileged conversation.
Attorney Brian Steel somehow learned of a conversation that was between Judge Ural Glanville, prosecutors and Kenneth Copeland, one of the state's star witnesses, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
Steel and Glanville got into a heated spat with one another in open court on Monday, starting with Steel confronting the judge about this alleged secret meeting in the judge's chambers on Monday morning.
The judge said the talk was ex parte, which means it was only for the parties involved, but Steel argued that Young Thug and himself had a right to be in that meeting under the Georgia Constitution.
Steel wanted to know what happened in the meeting but the judge quickly redirected the conversation back to how Steel found out about the meeting. To which, Steel refused to tell him.
I'm asking you how did you get this information?' Glanville asked Steel, who was standing at the lectern.
'I'm not telling the court,' Steel responded, later requesting a mistrial over this.
The conversation was a dead end from there and Glanville ordered the bailiff to take Steel into custody.
'You got some information you shouldn't have gotten,' Glanville told the rapper's attorney.
'You're not supposed to have communication with a witness who's been sworn,' Steel said, referring to Copeland who was sworn in Friday.
Steel was ordered to report to the Fulton County Jail by 7 p.m. Friday for 10 weekends, totaling 20 days.
YOUNG THUG'S LAWYER HAS EVIDENCE OF COERSION AND WITNESS INTIMIDATION BY THE JUDGE AND THE STATE
— THUGGERDAILY γ² (@ThuggerDaily) June 10, 2024
THE JUDGE WANTS TO KNOW HOW HE FOUND OUT BUT STEEL ISN'T RATTING. THE JUDGE THREATENS STEEL WITH JAIL.
WOODY ALSO APPARENTLY ADMITTED HE'S THE ONE WHO KILLED NUT
CORRUPTION. pic.twitter.com/faGHjcQL21
Young Thug’s lawyer Brian Steele has officially been held in contempt and taken into custody #FREESTEELE pic.twitter.com/0Lf4ppCVd9
— THUGGERDAILY γ² (@ThuggerDaily) June 10, 2024
11 comments:
Stephen A. Smith doesn’t expect an apology from Young Thug?
The plot thickens.
I guess his attorney is a thug too π€
His attorney used this moment to deflect he is trying to @2:30 a message to witnesses that you are not protected not even in the judges chambers! The low life’s of the world all are shouting from the roof top that the judge is dirty and trying to pull a swift one. When the state said in open court that the reason for the meeting had nothing to do with the other defendants the meeting was about the witness not finding up their end of the bargain and I think being found in contempt. Therefore the other defendants didn’t need to be privy to that. His attorney did this in open court to get the public to outcry and claim foul however his attorney obtained that information was unethical and that’s why he chose to go to jail rather than disclose how he came to find out about it. They are around there paying workers for information on witnesses and others to intimidate them or send a message that if you speak we gone find out.
Nah son. There's no way this should have taken place with a sitting judge and as much as I hate to say it this should result in a mistrial. If not, he'll definitely win this argument on appeal. The prosecution f'd this all up. How stupid can they be? They literally just blew the case. π
Some people ππΎππΎ don't know how the law works. There are rules of the court and this judge fumbled big time. It's about to become interesting and this Defense attorney did the right thing in not disclosing the information. I'm not for thugs being released but rules are rules.
After seeing that video, the "judge" clearly is on a ego trip, he needs to be removed from the bench.
Fani T. Willis Stay Taking "L's"
2:26, I don't like criminals but I also have seen how corrupt the courts are. Judges, prosecutors, and cops are all buddy buddy. The judges also frequently help derail fair trials. For instance, if a crooked cop gives you a bogus ticket and you want to fight it in court instead of paying it off, the judge will cancel your court date multiple times knowing you can't afford to keep taking off from work, but right before the statute of limitations runs out, they set the date. So they may have you show up for 4 or 5 court dates and cancel them all before the real date is set. It's done on purpose to financially wear you out. Its an abuse of power.The prosecutors, cops, and judge will all be giggling and talking before court. 90% of people plead out because justice is bogus. If justice was real then the courts would teach you about jury nullification. Look it up.
2: 38, I'm not sure what the private meeting was about but it would make me leary too if I were on trial and the judge is meeting with people without my knowledge and then getting mad and demanding my attorney disclose how he knew while not disclosing themselves what they were doing in the meeting. See the judge controls too much of the process, and if he has hidden bias, you will lose. You will never know what a judge thinks of anyone but he controls the process. The lawyer should appeal the contempt charge because that is excessive and hinders him from being able to truly prepare for court. A man in jail can't prepare for trial and the judge knows this.
The judge needs to be recused, they trying to railroad Thug
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