Posted on 06/12/2024 1:04:10 PM PDT by Red Badger
Earlier this week, The Gateway Pundit reported on an absurd ex parte meeting that took place during the RICO trial of rapper Young Thug. Judge Ural Granville held an ex parte meeting in his chambers that included the Fulton County prosecutors, their star witness Kenneth Copeland, and other staff from the State and the Court. Defense counsel was notably absent from this meeting.
Brian Steel, the attorney for Jeffrey Williams (Young Thug), raised concern of that meeting that took place earlier that morning to the Court. However, Judge Glanville was more interested in how Steel found out about the meeting rather than the ethics and legality of the meeting itself. After unsuccessfully attempting to compel Steel to reveal his source, Glanville had Steel arrested and held in contempt.
In a new development, Judge Granville yesterday issued an Order to Show Cause to all parties involved, not just Williams’ attorney. According to the document:
“…all individuals that were present for the ex parte conversation that took place in the Court’s chambers on the morning of June 10, 2024 – to include the witness Mr. Kenneth Copeland, his attorney Ms. Kayla Bumpus, and all representatives of the State and Court security personnel that were in attendance – are HEREBY ORDERED to Show Cause before the Honorable Ural Glanville…why one or more of them should not be held in contempt for disclosing information from the ex parte conversation to members of the Defense counsel.”
TownHall columnist and “Inside the Law” host Phil Holloway posted to X, “He is obsessed with finding the ‘leak’ – which was perfectly legal.” Holloway goes on to say that he believes Glanville “should immediately step aside from this case and retire” and that “he seems to be emotionally invested in everything about this case.”
Holloway also posted an Emergency Motion for Supersedeas Bond on Criminal Contempt that was filed with the Georgia Court of Appeals by attorney Brian Steel:
Steel’s contempt charge ordered him to serve 20 weekends in the heinous Fulton County jail, where Trump RICO defendant Harrison Floyd was ordered to remain after being the sole defendant initially denied bail. The jail also had an inmate was “eaten alive” by bed bugs in 2023.
This is Fulton County, why would anyone think this could be unusual or improper ?
Take out the location names, and this all sounds like a story from the 3rd world.
Maybe the lawyer should have said, “Why, I was notified of the ex parte meeting by YOU, your honor, in the disclosure you are required to give.... Right, Your Honor?”
You are going to get a contempt charge for that post.
I recommend that folks subscribe to his "Inside the Law" youtube channel and watch his podcasts to stay abreast of these cases. I watch them daily.
Who was it who said, “No, I am not trying to show contempt for the court, I am desperately trying to hide my contempt for the court”?
My sentiments exactly.
Was the judge named Glanville or Granville?
IIRC, there was an old Cheyenne episode that had similar dialogue.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0540183/plotsummary/
The Judge then instructs Cheyenne to hand over his twenty dollars. Cheyenne throws the money down in front of the Judge. “Are you trying to show contempt for this court?” demands the Judge. “I’m trying to hide it,”
Mae West
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/109453-judge-are-you-trying-to-show-contempt-for-this-court
Thanks. At this point how can anybody NOT have contempt for all these kangaroo courts?
It seems to me that the judge in this case may even have called this illegal ex parte meeting for the purpose of tampering with and/or intimidating the witness - specifically threatening him if he didn’t stop pleading the 5th.
If so, then that makes it even worse. The prosecutor could easily have conveyed the consequences if the witness reneged on his plea deal so why have this ex parte meeting with the judge?
All of that information needs to be made available to the defense attorney. By the time this is done this judge should be off the case and disbarred. IMHO.
The judge is furiously trying to cover his ass. He should be disbarred and removed. Ex parte meetings should only be for scheduling, not witness intimidation.
The Left grows desperate...
Another RICO trial? Is that all that Fani Willis knows how to do?
-PJ
So...
It doesn’t matter if an illegal meeting took place...
We just wanna know who blew the whistle?
Judge, prosecutors and witnesses... In handcuffs and frogmarched out..
Phil Holloway just said he has it on pretty good authority that the process to deal with Judge Glanville may have already started.
I’ve been watching Holloway since day 1, and on Megyn Kelly prior to that.
He is good.
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