The office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is once again under fire from a judge as prosecutors face the possibility of court on the weekend due to an alleged failure to make timely court filings in the Young Slime Life trial.
Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville raised his voice at a member of Willis’ office during court on Wednesday, with the judge threatening defense attorney Max Shardt and Fulton County Assistant District Attorney Adriane Love with court on the weekends over the case’s slow progress.
The fracas came as Love asked to include new evidence in the case despite the jury already being seated. It also came after Glanville (pictured above) already accused attorneys of failing to arrive at court on time, though it was unclear whether prosecutors or defense attorneys were accused of tardiness.
When Glanville refused to admit the new evidence, Love quickly interrupted him, prompting the judge to repeatedly decline her request.
“You all should not be identifying this stuff the moment of trial, while the jury is sitting in the box,” the judge told Love.
Glanville warned, “I am not going to tolerate this any further, if you don’t get together with your colleagues and flag issues and resolve them promptly, and if I have to take them up, [then] remember I can exclude them. We’ll work the weekends, or we’ll do a combination of both.”
Love repeatedly challenged the judge, even after he instructed the jury to return to the courtroom.
“Next time make sure you’re prepared,” Glanville said. “Make sure you’re prepared next time. I’m not going to do this anymore, I’m just not.”
When Love accused Glanville of punishing prosecutors, the judge declared, “I’m not punishing anybody, but prior preparation prevents poor performance.”
Willis and her office claim rapper Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, and his Young Slime Life musical associates, are actually a criminal enterprise that brag about their exploits in song. The Young Slime Life trial has lasted more than 60 days.
Willis previously claimed she received violent threats as a result of her work on the Young Slime Life trial, adding that her safety is also put at risk by her case against Trump.
The district attorney was previously threatened with disqualification from the Trump case over her affair with her former special counsel, who remains married even after being forced to resign from the case by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee.
McAfee’s decision not to remove Willis from the case is being appealed by multiple defendants, with one attorney estimating an eventual removal of Willis may take up to six months.
Watch the full exchange between Glanville and Love:
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Georgia Star News, The Virginia Star, and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
