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(Exclusive Details) Young Thug’s Lawyer Seeks To Have RICO Case Tossed On Technicality, Accuses DA Of Prosecutorial Misconduct, Abuse Of Grand Jury Power

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;young&plus;thug&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Young Thug<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&&num;8216&semi;s lawyers are looking to have his RICO case dismissed based on a technicality&comma; accusing the district attorney of filing &&num;8220&semi;sham&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;fake&&num;8221&semi; grand jury subpoenas as the rap star continues to languish in Georgia&&num;8217&semi;s Cobb County Jail&comma;<em> The Shade Room<&sol;em> can exclusively report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last Thursday &lpar;Nov&period; 3&rpar;&comma; Brian Steel of The Steel Law Firm&comma; who is representing Thugger&comma; filed a motion to dismiss all charges against their client on grounds of prosecutors abusing &&num;8220&semi;it&&num;8217&semi;s authority by utilizing a sham Grand Jury Subpoena&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Thug&&num;8217&semi;s Attorney Says Evidence From &&num;8220&semi;Sham&&num;8221&semi; Rental Car Subpoena Should Be Tossed&comma; Alongside Charges Against Him<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Thug&comma; whose real name is<strong> Jeffery Williams<&sol;strong>&comma; had his bond denied this summer and will remain behind bars until at least 2023 as his case is adjudicated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Essentially&comma; Steel&&num;8217&semi;s motion to dismiss accuses the District Attorney of issuing a subpoena in April 2016 to retrieve a rental car they alleged was used for the crimes Thugger is accused of committing&period; Steele says the subpoena was &&num;8220&semi;not issued or authorized by any Judge&comma; Clerk of Court&comma; or lawfully or properly empaneled Grand Jury&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;On or about April 8&comma; 2016&comma; the District Attorney’s Office of Fulton County abused its authority by utilizing a sham Grand Jury Subpoena and issuing same to the Hertz Corporation for rental record information relating to Mr&period; Jeffery Williams&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the motion reads&period; &&num;8220&semi;This supposed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Grand Jury Subpoena” was not issued or authorized by any Judge&comma; Clerk of Court or lawfully or properly empaneled Grand Jury&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The motion went on to say that the &&num;8220&semi;sham&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;fake&&num;8221&semi; grand jury subpoena was sent to both Thug and Hertz&comma; which was used to forcefully compel the company to fork over crucial information regarding a car rented in Thugs&&num;8217&semi; name&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;101732" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-101732" style&equals;"width&colon; 1498px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-101732 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;young&lowbar;thug&lowbar;motion&lowbar;to&lowbar;dismiss&lowbar;charges&period;png" alt&equals;"Pictured&colon; a screenshot taken directly from Young Thug's motion to dismiss&comma; as obtained by The Shade Room&period;" width&equals;"1498" height&equals;"702" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-101732" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Pictured&colon; a screenshot taken directly from Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s motion to dismiss&comma; as obtained by <em>The Shade Room<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;Sham&comma; Fake&&num;8221&semi; Subpoenas Sent To Thugger&comma; Hertz Car Rental Over Vehicle Reportedly Used In Crimes<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The vehicle in question was reportedly involved in the 56-count RICO case against him and other members of Young Slime Life &&num;8211&semi; an offshoot sect of the Sex Money Murder bloods gang&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Instead&comma; the District Attorney’s Office affixed their own seal on a document creating the false impression that a properly empaneled Grand Jury had issued an official edict compelling the Hertz Corporation to comply with the demand to produce records&period; The District Attorney’s Office engaged in egregious misconduct and blatant misrepresentations under the force and power of the Court&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The motion adds that &&num;8220&semi;this scheme concocted by the District Attorney’s Office targeted Mr&period; Williams’ information&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and demands all information and evidence gleaned from the two dubious subpoenas to be suppressed and barred from use in trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If a judge were to grant Thug&&num;8217&semi;s motion to dismiss&comma; the case against him would theoretically be tossed&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear how the motion would affect his other 27 co-defendants&comma; which includes fellow rapper Gunna&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;89431" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-89431" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-89431" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;IMG&lowbar;5864-scaled&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"young&lowbar;thug&lowbar;gunna&lowbar;indictment" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"1140" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-89431" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Pictured&colon; Young Thug and fellow rapper&comma; co-defendant Gunna &lpar;inset&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;This outrageous misconduct is an affront to the good order&comma; peace&comma; dignity of our criminal justice system and cannot be tolerated&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the motion reads&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Thug&&num;8217&semi;s lawyers ended the motion with a request for a hearing on the matter&period; As of Tuesday morning&comma; no hearing has been scheduled on the matter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Fulton County District Attorney Paints Young Thug As Leader Of Violent Criminal Street Gang<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has worked hard to paint Young Thug acted as the leader of the criminal street gang YSL for several years&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thug-hit-with-new-indictment-and-additional-gang-drug-and-firearm-charges&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> previously reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;YSL is an acronym for &OpenCurlyQuote;Young Slime Life’&period; It is a hybrid gang that operates here in Atlanta and it’s an affiliate of the Bloods gang&comma;” Willis said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"ChEIUW2sRhR" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we previously <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thug-denied-bond-in-rico-case-and-will-remain-in-custody&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>reported<&sol;strong><&sol;a> back in June&comma; Young Thug was officially denied bond and will remain in custody of the Cobb County Jail along with fellow YSL member Gunna&period; Both will stand trial for their RICO case that is set for January 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When the prosecutors came up to speak about why Young Thug should not receive bond&comma; they noted his endless amounts of song lyrics&comma; in which he allegedly details all of the crimes that he and YSL have committed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As they ended their statements at his bond hearing this evening&comma; 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