Opening Arguments

Young Thug Contempt BS Part 2 (ft. Ashleigh Merchant!)

OA1047 We continue our coverage of the contempt hearing against Young Thug attorney Brian Steel with a very special guest! Attorney Ashleigh Merchant is not only the president of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, but most recently known for her work in seeking to recuse Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis from the Trump RICO case. Attorney Merchant provides her impressions of the YSL RICO trial and why  GACDL’s has to have a special “strike force” to defend attorneys in contempt matters before giving us the play-by-play on her cameo appearance in the dramatic conclusion to the hearing which we covered in Part I yesterday.  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxaWN0WQmvo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">YSL Trial Day 88, Fox 5 Atlanta (full video)</a> <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24785847-transcript-of-ex-parte-w-judge-glanville-woody-prosecutors" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Full 56-page transcript of ex parte hearing with Judge Glanville, Fulton County DAs, and witness Kenneth Copeland held June 10, 2024</a> <a href="https://www.criminaldefenseattorneysmarietta.com/attorney-profiles/ashleigh-b-merchant/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ashleigh Merchant’s bio page from the Merchant Law Firm website</a>

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