The judge was absolutely wrong in making that statement. She drew a conclusion without any evidence produced to support her claim. She should know better.
@@CharleneWagner-u7s when i learned Ashleigh did ALL HER OWN LEG WORK for YEARS w/all the requesting of documents because she could NOT afford a paralegal...it reminded me of a bible verse that says "ALL WORK IS FOR PROFIT" she may not have profited then from her hard labors but the fruits are pouring in NOW... SHE understands HOW to get Open Records - she's an "Ace" at it - I have a lot of respect for her.
I was going to compliment the judge for the accuracy and speed. However, I didn't appreciate her saying Mrs. Merchant is difficult. She's formidable and thorough. You can't stop greatness!! Maybe the judge should work harder! Mrs. Merchant is what a professional looks like!!
She wasn't difficult UNTIL SHE WAITED 9 MONTHS & ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR STUFF SHE SHOULD'VE GOTTEN WITHIN 30 DAYS.... If A. MERCHANT was a man, would they call her difficult or would they call her TOUGH, FORMIDABLE? In a complimentary way.
Insane, 🎯👌 but where Fani and boy toy Wade are concerned, very unsurprising. They’re incredibly self serving, thoroughly ineffective and stridently arrogant as is typical of narcissistic politicians.
🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Congratulations Ashely Merchant!! Fantastic job! There would have been no reason to be “difficult” if the requests had been complied with. ❤❤❤
Failing to produce open records, which is required by law) was being difficult. Merchant's should not have had to go through the court system to obtain everything they had the right to see!
Yes! Came to say the same thing. This is so unprofessional and I believe the entire Fulton county judicial system is currupt as h e l l. This judge is pathetic n weak.
There glorified clerk who supposedly is a lawyer (should be sanctioned) who openly admitted via his arrogant and contemptuous discriminatory behaviours against the court and Ashley Merchant basically went unchecked by this judge….
She’s trying to appease the DA lawyers! Mrs merchant works tirelessly and is very Intentional on her Work to Cases! Judge you are Unfortunately unethical!!!
@@megflat2981who cares about the DA’s lawyers feelings…they’re complicit ….should not have to appease them by disparaging Ashley ….their glorified clerk, was so arrogant, ignorant and openly admitted to discriminatory behaviours against Ashley..NO doubt in my mind, who was directed by Fani. ….If they provided the records in the first place…she wouldn’t have filed the motion in the first place….Fani doesn’t want those records out because it exposes their continuing corruption…their utter disrespect for the taxpayers in which they serve…Citizens should be outraged, demand an investigation, and imho, Fani and et al should be arrested, charged, and if found guilty…imprisoned.
Corruption is UBIQUITOUS now! From the public educators, employees and officials, ...city councils, police, prosecutors and judges, of the smallest towns, right up thru the congress, senate and presidency! There isnt an honest public employee or official, cop, or politician in America, OR ANY COUNTRY! This is an entirely unsustainable situation! We are living in Bizarro world now, where honesty, truth, honor and empathy, ...and dutiful civil service and representation of the citizens, have been replaced by deceit, lies, greed and self serving apathy, and abuse of power and of the system, ...for personal gain and retaliation against citizens that bruise their precious, entitled egos, or expose their corruption!
But it's okay that Trump and his cronies were trying to cheat the voters out of a fair election? You MAGAs are lawless. These little bs cases are not the point. The point is that there were 19 crooks trying to steal an election!
This is a clear violation of the law. The Fulton county district attorney's office should be sanctioned and someone should lose their job. She is doing what courts have been doing to women for decades. Because Ashleigh Merchant is doing her job as an aggressive attorney she is being labeled as difficult.
Please point to a time in the last 20 years when a democrat, or their appointee has lost their job for poor performance or breaking a law. It just doesn’t happen.
@@janeysiegrist5061 trump and 11 of his associates have been charged with crimes. Was Hillary and her associates? Has Biden or his associates? Was Obama or his associates? See my point?
As a woman, I am appalled that this judge (who is also a woman) is labeling another woman as difficult and aggressive. Attorney Ashleigh Merchant is assertive and knows her job. Stop being so easily intimidated.
Fear is a claim most women use when they're actually angry. They aren't intimidated. They're angry. They know society will take their "emotions" into account even when they're lying or being unreasonable. It's a tactic they learned as children and society never calls them on it so they never grow up. It's so bad that we are expected to treat women like children who can't be responsible for anything.
@@H-ox9rm Fani, Should have been arrested when she Refused to Show up In front of of the House senate!! Get balls, and throw the book at them and Make Them Completely Be A example For All To See!!
@@ashleykane4951 well that’s interesting because Trump and his cabinet during his administration snubbed Congress most of the time, so I reckon they should’ve been locked up along with her regardless of their fucking party affiliation or position. Now that’s what you call real justice.
Boy, I’ll tell you if Miss merchant was my attorney I would definitely want her to be difficult. She is a fantastic Lawyer. You guys are just jealous of her because she’ll go after you and she don’t care she doesn’t need to be center of attention or hyped for the media. She’s doing her job and she did well very very very happy for the merchant Law
Local, state, and federal government agencies fail to comply with state and federal open records laws all day every day. They get away with it because most either can’t afford to challenge it in court or aren’t willing to go through with it.
All the indicted defendants had to do is know what their asking for instead of wanting to make it a game of 20 questions with the county. FIFA request doesn't get the average person hand holding and it's ridiculous that these "lawyers" should be entitled to special treatment. You're all acting like this is a big deal and it's not. It's indicted co-conspirators using the courts to steal money from the county and state, your tax dollars.
@wayausofbounds9255 it's an election interference scheme being blown out the water. Thats a big deal they stole from tax payers. Pretty big deal. But your an illegal im sure so this country doesn't have value for you. as you clearly have 0 value for our constitution and sysytem
@@wayausofbounds9255 NDAs as executed in a DA's office is incredibly sus. The fact that a private law firm has to seek their disclosure via FOIA request is concerning. The Georgia Bar, the Governor of Georgia, and the Georgia Attorney General's office should be all over this. There's no reason to have DA's counsel ot staff execute NDAs unless something very dubious is taking place. The Georgia Code of Legal Ethics is safeguard alone for any potential misconduct or impropriety.
So since Ashleigh is PROFESSIONAL unlike Fanni and her co harts she’s considered Difficult if the the case so be it SHES A BEAUTIFUL PROFESSIONAL HARDWORKING HONEST LAW ABIDING LAWYER
She has to ensure that her words are correct and are within the boundaries of the law and are more difficult to be overturned by an application for an appeal. The fact that she appears to be unsure about whether a Supreme Court will counteract her decision is rather dubious. She knows that she is dealing with lawyers. The judge doesn’t appear to be very knowledgeable about certain issues. Her comments about Miss Merchant are potentially diluted as compared to the reality. We know that the trumpy sycophants and his cohorts are quite involved in making a mountain out of a molehill, whilst building a molehill sized lump pretending that it is a molehill. Also, given the type of information she requested does seem to imply a ‘fishing’ exercise. Non disclosure agreements are usually confidential to the party’s, how an office spends their money when dealing with a case that is not about financial spending etc. Some records that she requested may have been necessary but others I’m not sure about but obviously I haven’t paid a lot of attention to this case overall because there has been so many other issues to deal with. I’m alleging that it’s possible that the Merchant firm are seeking legal costs because the trump cohorts haven’t paid. I’d be interested to know if they have been paid. The fact that they also want fees prior to the litigation implies not. I may be wrong however so it is a mere speculation.😅
@@amayastrata4629 The Judge would not be saying this publicly unless she was pretty confident that the Supreme Court would rule as she expected. She is giving the State the chance to be prepared, and subtly warning them that they better be prepared. She is also giving the Merchants a chance to prepare the Order, this is also standard procedure for a plaintiff to write the Order for the Judge. In court, an NDA is meaningless if it blocks testimony. When a person is under subpoena, they are compelled to testify, period. The judge can decide if the line of inquiry is not relevant or could harm 3rd parties, but a simple NDA is insufficient grounds. Given how often DA's have been caught withholding information, especially in this particular jurisdiction, fishing is a very good idea - ALL Americans have the Right to a fair and impartial jury, and the executive branch should *never* be able to decide what is fair, impartial, or relevant. Open records are open records, period. If there is nothing there, then there is nothing there, and there is no reason not to comply. The "wasted resources" argument is meaningless. The law says the records are open, period. Lastly, the Merchants are getting paid. This money they are asking for is meant to be punitive, and a small fraction of the the total legal bill. They want the fees first because Lawyers always get paid up front. If they where not being paid, they would not be in court at all.
Right!? The fact that Fani Willis won her primary after all of this shows how ill informed the voters in Fulton County truly are! It is so sad how uninformed so many US voters are to what/whom they are even voting for - myself included. Americans should create a culture where the citizens are much more civics minded a knowledgeable about our governmental system and the canidates running for government positions, yet it seems the exact opposite is going on in our contemporary society. I remember when the term "woke" used to mean you were awake to the governments corruption... Now look what that term has been co-opted to represent......!
Nope , you need to blame the voters of Fulton County Georgia. I live in Georgia. I don’t vote in that county. I can’t do anything about their DA office. The taxpayers are the ones who suffer. That’s who will pay the merchant law firm due to this crappy ass District Attorney office. I would like to add the largest demographic of voters in. Fulton county are AFRICAN AMERICAN. FEMALES. that should help you understand why the votes go to DA Willis
All this insanity and time wasted of everybody could have been avoided if DA willis was transparent and going by the law. Instead the entire world is now watching dirty laundry getting aired. Well done.
How outrageous! This judge is off the mark saying those things about Ashley. She’s representing clients. Private citizens. The DA is corrupt lies, etc. a vicious lawsuit against these people and she goes after an excellent attorney who’s been very clear and forthright.
Especially when "Dexter's Rule" was admitted to be anything except from Ashleigh Merchant!! No wonder she was insistent and difficult! As she should be.
The whole courthouse needs to be cleaned out! Corruption at its worst! It’s obscene and we as Americans have got to demand better! It’s absolutely shameful! Shame on the judge for not doing what should have been done and ask for a full investigation into Fani Willis! This is our country! These are public servants who forget their role to serve our interests, not line their pockets!
Amen to that. America belongs to the legal citizens of this country, and it seems that the Biden administration is trickling their corruption in to every government. Evil is as evil does. Get all of these dirty, low-down criminals out of our government!
I believe that the Judge’s characterization of Ms. Merchant as “difficult” was inappropriate. Judge’s should refrain from passing personal judgments particularly when giving extemporaneous comments from the bench, and rather, issue a more detailed and thoughtful written order and opinion wherein the Judge could better reflect on her choice of verbiage.
I am always flabbergasted by how judges speak plainly about complex court proceedings. I’m sure there are plenty of scarred tongues after listening to a judges meandering rationale.
@@Evereghalo That is a rather simplistic viewpoint. Judges make findings of factual and judgments on the applicability of the law. Generally, they do not make personal characterizations about members of the State Bar, particularly disrespectful attacks on the character of a person simply because the attorney was tenacious in asserting her rights as a citizen in seeking the public records.
@Evereghalo Her characterization of the Merchants was not part of her judgment or order and, as such, it was entirely unnecessary. It may also have had the derivative effect of emboldening the adversarial conduct other side, irrespective of her order.
@@jackiechilds8047not really. Race doesn’t matter in any context you could possibly use it here. Those who fear transparency, hide the truth, and squash criticism are by default the bad guys. Nothing else to it. Simple as that.
That’s because she knows she has to rule in her favour according to the law but doesn’t want to admit it. She’s looking for every excuse she can find to excuse Fulton County’s clear and flagrant violation of the law.
Judge threw her under the bus with that characterization, Mr. Merchant had the chance to correct the judge but when things are going your way, keep your mouth shut. I feel like it was a bone to the state.
Well you may have a personal reason not to like her ruling, but Judge Krause seems to be doing the right thing while going above and beyond to be fair to the DAs office, even though all these legal issues could have been avoided if Mr Bond or someone in his office had simply made a phone call to the Merchant Law Firm.
Why would the judge apologize to this attorney from the DA’s office! From what I have seen, starting at the top, they are rude and seem to have no respect of proper courtroom decorum!
How highly inappropriate for this judge to say that about Ms. Merchant. Had they given her the documents and information that she needed, she would not have had to go after them. What a jerk.
Women do this all the time. They'll be solidly in the wrong and then claim it was because they felt intimidated by the aggressive behavior of their victims. They learn how to do it as children, using tears and false claims of fear to manipulate the audience into believing their anger is fear. It's also why many women never grow up, acting like a toddler and turning all their indiscretions against works quite well. You can also see this behavior in many young men who were raised by single mothers, nothing is ever their fault, some person or circumstance made them do what they did. It leads to many of them dieing because men have different rules and behaving like girls won't save them from their fellow man.
Thank you for you and all the people putting into words what I couldn’t.. exactly what I’m thinking as I’m watching this! My God, it’s as if she’s begrudgingly forced to do the right thing as she’s acting as if Merchant was doing everything she was doing just for exposure ugh..and then later realizes that she’s right but she doesn’t want her to be right.. very annoying
I don’t like the words “difficult” or “aggressive” because of a strong minded, intelligent, & confident woman speaks her mind & is a straight shooter than they are termed with negative connotations. I’ve had to deal with this issue especially with Women hated that attribute because they were wishing they could be like me. Screw that judge’s haterade!!
She literally used them with positive connotations and said that it was Ms Merchant's job to do that. And that the only reason she had to was because the DA office didn't act in good faith. The judge agreed with you. Y'all are crazy lol
This judge slapped the hand when she should have done so much more. What this DA office and personnel did was clear, and obvious, and criminal, but never admonished and punished like they should have been. This was a civil case and the damages should be far greater. Part of the system family.
I wonder about the moral compass of some of these judges. Many of them lack wisdom and are often corrupt. And it seems as though more and more judges don’t apply to law fairly at all. Strange times we’re living in.
@rjules1083 There was a warning during the Clinton administration that judges were becoming more social-focused rather than understanding and protecting the law. Then look at the last 25 years and we were warned, but no one believed it would happen. When people finally wake up, these judges are not for Democrats or Republicans, they are creating decisions for the elitists and their inner circles as a way to try to stave off the attacks from average people being treated unfairly. In turn, it makes these judges and inner circle do things that are being exposed by a younger generation (using social media) who wants to destroy this type of authority. That is why I say we do not need these judges, politicians, or their inner circles, they need us.
I hope the higher courts in Georgia are paying attention to this. For her to say, on the record, that AM is difficult was unnecessary and exposes some of her own bias towards the DAs office. Its unfortunate and embarrassing for Georgia's judicial system.
@@jaydeboard1754 for sure. Ashleigh is a GREAT and ethical lawyer. But what happens with the documents they weren’t turning over? Is that what we’re waiting on based on that Supreme Court ruling?
As Fani Willis has a legal obligation to protect Fulton County Residents and their Vote. We are here because Donald Trump called Brad Rathensburger to pressure him to overturn the will of the voters in Fulton County. Not because she took a vacation to get away from this mess for a few days. Is she not supposed to have a personal life?? What other DA in the entire country is being crusified because she was dating her co- council. Only the one trying to hold Donald Trump and his fello criminals accountable. Ashley Merchant is married to her co-council. Do you not see how this all looks like a racist hit job to the rest of the nation?
@@GataPolitica She is being paid by the Trump party (corrupt) which is what Roman is a part of and it appears she has an ax to grind with with Ms. Willis and her office. That was apparent when she kept bringing up the amount of money Fani paid Nathan wade (that she previously cheered for). Her attitude has been "who do they think they are"? Why, only she knows the real truth.
@@nettwn12I am upset other people have more income then me. Does that make me corrupt? 😂 I doubt Ashleigh Merchant has any need to be jealous of anyone!
The Merchants are inspirational Great success Shame on the judge for her snakey comments insisting the Merchant Law firm were playing to the press and calling her difficult and agressive. The correct characterisation would have been steely, determined, dogged, thorough and professional Those comments were unnessesary and improper
The judge did back off so it is moot how she thought of the defence. She said she was no expert,which is jewellery to a defendant I only needed to hear the last section of the video thus don't know what I messed.
The Public is entitled to hear judgement. Georgia Court has a stench of ill repute, which some believe has always been there. Thank you Ashleigh Merchant and John (her husband) for the cleansing and the win for justice.
He also knew what he was told to do was unethical and Unconstitutional. So knowing this and doing it anyway for a paycheck is grounds for firing and being blacklisted as well as arrested in a fair Justice System.
The Merchants are formidable opponents. Meanwhile Nathan Wade, lead prosecutor, had to take RICO training classes just to be let loose with no oversight. This is akin to running toward the end zone before catching the ball. Great work John & Ashley.
I'm no fan of the case Ms Merchant brought against DA Willis but state offices & govt officials dont get to choose who they give records (that belong to the people) to and who they lie to or slow walk. They need to all do their jobs quickly, efficiently without regard to whom is asking for what. If they cant do that, then lawsuits need to ensue and for sure the DAs office needs to be held to account. I watched this whole thing & I'm happy with the way it went (overall). And to be clear 13 requests is NOT too much.
Judge, you don’t have to apologize but Monroe is a horrible attorney and she is also corrupt! Ashleigh is the best attorney and of course she should win!
I live in Georgia, and it is very corrupted. I knew when the judge apologized to the lawyer of fanny that she was going to also say disparaging words about Ashely. The judge knew what she was going to rule the way that she did, but she had to put some mess with it because this is shown to the world, and she probably knew the Merchant Law group would appeal. I am telling you that all of these judges, lawyers, Fanny group, and etc. all work together, and it is not good. I am so glad that people around the world are seeing this corruption that has been going on for years.
you should be ashamed of yourself then. DA willis is TRYING to protect YOUR VOTE! Lets not forget why we are here. Donald Trump called Brad Rathensburger and tried to pressure him to TOSS OUT the will of Fulton County Voters. Not because any other reason are people lambasting and trying to harpoon Fani Willis and her office. Tell me ONE OTHER DA that is being scrutinized over a relationship she had with co-council. Ashley Merchant is married to her co council. This is all such racist horseshit and the entire nation sees how racist fulton county is.
@@jeffreydonaldson9757 There is no conflict of interest to date co-council. Ashley Merchant is married to her co-council. Im sure they have taken vacations too. The hypocracy is boundless.
@@quantumalchemyyou dont have any idea what your talking about. They are private attorneys, they are not being paid by the taxpayers. Moreover, when you hire someone and are there boss and paying them with public funds it is a HUGE conflict of interest. For example, why was Wade paid almost $1mil when John Floyd, the RICO expert was paid $150K? See how someone could perceive a conflict?
Ms. Merchant, aggressive and difficult??? Really, how about tenacious and thorough? Fanny and her office is being obstructive and talk about difficult!!!!
What the hell is this judge talking about? She labels an attorney 'difficult' for doing her job? That whole Fulton County function is a shiteshow and needs to be fumigated. This judge is waffling left and right on her words.
This judge is a POS. Merchant has been difficult because Fulton County has been corrupt and showed zero professional standards. This judge should be removed too....
So the state lying about having documents that’s easily approvable because they submitted documents. But yet they claim it doesn’t exist somehow equals Ashley being difficult for pointing it out with actual court documents and this is just one of many issue. Shame on the judge because she does not say that Fanny or anyone in her team is difficult.
Whatever side you're on, this case will help clear up the law on open records act and elected public prosecutors. A lot of what she asked for were contracts/invoices/ and items called public records by law.
You are absolutely correct. I was outraged when she accused the Merchants of being difficult and aggressive. That's exactly what the DA's office was from the get go.
The Supreme court, better do the right thing, and Not allow Fani Willis and her corrupt team, get away with their corruption of withholding public records. If so, there are no upstanding laws in all of Georgia involving Fani Willis and her side sidekicks. Bond was the extremely rude to Merchant. I don't know what the judge means, by labeling Merchant as difficult and aggressive, just doing her job. The judge told Bond, you can say what you want to Merchant. Rather he wanted to work with her or not, it's his job to do what is requested.
Funny Fani acts a certain way she’s being empowered woman Ashleigh acts a certain way she’s being difficult . Ashleigh is pointing out, lies and inconsistencies from the state so she’s difficult anytime Fani it’s word salad, but she’s being empowered woman
Being DIFFICULT AND AGGRESSIVE when forcing a court to abide by constitutional and state law should be worn as a badge of honor. To hell with Georgia and Fulton county.
Under rated reply! 100 percent true because there will be a total clean out of Unconstitutional Judges etc from our Justice Dept, from the bottom up to the top. The Swamp will be drained.
Judge seemed to spend 13 minutes apologising for her ruling, closing off with the possibility it might all get over turned by another court ruling. What a mess.
9:17 I'm not a lawyer and I'll bet you that this judge has no idea how blatantly obvious it is that she is trying to stay in the good graces of Fulton County and Fannie while doing what she's legally obligated to do but in doing that she is consistently contradicting herself and the facts surrounding these requests and her own statements
What is this judge going on about? Merchant has a right to public information under the public records act. Her motive for requesting the information is completely irrelevant. If the DA’s office had given her the information, then there wouldn’t be an issue at all. But it’s clear that the DA’s office deliberately withheld this information because they don’t like her. So Merchant had to be a difficult (rhymes with witch) and drag them to court to get them to do their job. This runs up unnecessary expenses for the defense and the DA’s office should pay for every dime of it. Plus, the individual public employees who violated the law based on their petty dislike for Merchant should be fined.
This judge mischaracterized and besmirched Mrs. Merchant all to go easy on DA Willis. Mrs. Merchant has a duty and an oath to defend the law and this judge called her “difficult”. Shame on her.
She was surprising deferrential to the argument that the Merchant's had ulterior motives. Access to public records should be the same regardless of the motive of the requestor except for very specific cases, and "public embarrassment" is not one of them. And the DA knows this because they tried to half assed respond because they knew they couldn't legitimately deny the request. It's not just incompetence, it's malicious. And they hoped to excuse themselves because of all the media hoopla. It's a conscious attempt to subvert the law.
We need more Ashleigh Merchant’s in the law field. She’s a force!
And this Jusge!!
Horseshit deflection from traitor trump.
LOL go lick some more boots. WHen a person roots for a law firm you know its a troll.
Ashleigh Merchant is a PITA
She’s one hell of an investigator ❤
Ashleigh Merchant was DOING HER JOB - she is NOT a media hound looking for media attention. HER SKILLS CRY for attention and i find her HUMBLE
The judge was absolutely wrong in making that statement. She drew a conclusion without any evidence produced to support her claim. She should know better.
If Trump was given a gag order but an insider the judges daughter is allowed to make money on the trial, you think that's ok? What a cuck.
@@bills6946 some women get envious easily
Go back and watch the senate committee hearing
@@CharleneWagner-u7s when i learned Ashleigh did ALL HER OWN LEG WORK for YEARS w/all the requesting of documents because she could NOT afford a paralegal...it reminded me of a bible verse that says "ALL WORK IS FOR PROFIT" she may not have profited then from her hard labors but the fruits are pouring in NOW... SHE understands HOW to get Open Records - she's an "Ace" at it - I have a lot of respect for her.
I was going to compliment the judge for the accuracy and speed.
However, I didn't appreciate her saying Mrs. Merchant is difficult. She's formidable and thorough. You can't stop greatness!! Maybe the judge should work harder! Mrs. Merchant is what a professional looks like!!
Correct!! She was doing her job.
The people in the back didn’t hear you!!!😊
She wasn't difficult UNTIL SHE WAITED 9 MONTHS & ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR STUFF SHE SHOULD'VE GOTTEN WITHIN 30 DAYS.... If A. MERCHANT was a man, would they call her difficult or would they call her TOUGH, FORMIDABLE? In a complimentary way.
I agree!!! Zealous advocate or difficult!??? That was BS!
She said difficult in litigation, which I believe is a compliment to her doing her job.
Ashleigh Merchant is the GOAT. It is INSANE that she was forced into this litigation by Dexter Bond and Fani Willis.
Insane, 🎯👌 but where Fani and boy toy Wade are concerned, very unsurprising. They’re incredibly self serving, thoroughly ineffective and stridently arrogant as is typical of narcissistic politicians.
Congratulations, Merchant Law Firm. Attorneys Merchant and Merchant are excellent Lawyers.
🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Congratulations Ashely Merchant!! Fantastic job! There would have been no reason to be “difficult” if the requests had been complied with. ❤❤❤
Facts🎯🎯🎯
Fact ✅ True
The DA has been difficult
@@721kg sketch for sure!
EXACTLY. 💯
The judge is talking too much,make your ruling. Merchant is not difficult, the DA Fani Willis failed to produce the documents. RERIOD.
Failing to produce open records, which is required by law) was being difficult. Merchant's should not have had to go through the court system to obtain everything they had the right to see!
This is what happens when one hand washes the other
Yes! Came to say the same thing. This is so unprofessional and I believe the entire Fulton county judicial system is currupt as h e l l. This judge is pathetic n weak.
Judges are SUPPOSED to be legally clear. If you were American you'd know this.
Fani is the one that made it difficult
@@LeeZa1969 hard to believe the judge didn't acknowledge that really
There glorified clerk who supposedly is a lawyer (should be sanctioned) who openly admitted via his arrogant and contemptuous discriminatory behaviours against the court and Ashley Merchant basically went unchecked by this judge….
Horseshit deflection from traitor trump.
@@canadiankrispybaconThe Judge was very fair to the fullest extent of the law ❤
How?
The correct ruling. ✅. The nerve of you, Judge, disparaging Mrs. Merchant. Ridiculous.
She’s trying to appease the
DA lawyers! Mrs merchant works tirelessly and is very
Intentional on her
Work to
Cases! Judge you are
Unfortunately unethical!!!
Translation: "Mrs Merchant is better than me." - Judge
@@megflat2981who cares about the DA’s lawyers feelings…they’re complicit ….should not have to appease them by disparaging Ashley ….their glorified clerk, was so arrogant, ignorant and openly admitted to discriminatory behaviours against Ashley..NO doubt in my mind, who was directed by Fani. ….If they provided the records in the first place…she wouldn’t have filed the motion in the first place….Fani doesn’t want those records out because it exposes their continuing corruption…their utter disrespect for the taxpayers in which they serve…Citizens should be outraged, demand an investigation, and imho, Fani and et al should be arrested, charged, and if found guilty…imprisoned.
Horseshit deflection from traitor trump.
@@canadiankrispybacon Horseshit deflection from traitor trump.
Fulton co. Corruption period,clean house
They're prosecuting our dear leader so they have to be corrupt
Corruption is UBIQUITOUS now! From the public educators, employees and officials, ...city councils, police, prosecutors and judges, of the smallest towns, right up thru the congress, senate and presidency! There isnt an honest public employee or official, cop, or politician in America, OR ANY COUNTRY! This is an entirely unsustainable situation! We are living in Bizarro world now, where honesty, truth, honor and empathy, ...and dutiful civil service and representation of the citizens, have been replaced by deceit, lies, greed and self serving apathy, and abuse of power and of the system, ...for personal gain and retaliation against citizens that bruise their precious, entitled egos, or expose their corruption!
But it's okay that Trump and his cronies were trying to cheat the voters out of a fair election? You MAGAs are lawless. These little bs cases are not the point. The point is that there were 19 crooks trying to steal an election!
This is a clear violation of the law. The Fulton county district attorney's office should be sanctioned and someone should lose their job. She is doing what courts have been doing to women for decades. Because Ashleigh Merchant is doing her job as an aggressive attorney she is being labeled as difficult.
It’s all good. I bet you if her ass needed an attorney she would ask Ashleigh for her legal expertise!
Translation: "Mrs Merchant is better than me." - Judge
Please point to a time in the last 20 years when a democrat, or their appointee has lost their job for poor performance or breaking a law. It just doesn’t happen.
@@bigbubba4314it doesn't happen on the republican side, either. So your comment is points
@@janeysiegrist5061 trump and 11 of his associates have been charged with crimes. Was Hillary and her associates? Has Biden or his associates? Was Obama or his associates? See my point?
As a woman, I am appalled that this judge (who is also a woman) is labeling another woman as difficult and aggressive. Attorney Ashleigh Merchant is assertive and knows her job. Stop being so easily intimidated.
A lawyer takes an oath to zealously advocate for their clients. She did just that.
Judge is ridiculous
Fear is a claim most women use when they're actually angry. They aren't intimidated. They're angry. They know society will take their "emotions" into account even when they're lying or being unreasonable. It's a tactic they learned as children and society never calls them on it so they never grow up. It's so bad that we are expected to treat women like children who can't be responsible for anything.
As a man, I can tell you the world is growing tired of women in positions that they are not qualified for.
The experiment is over.
@@_Renee2 women are doing the same thing to Kamala harris but no outrage there...don't have to wonder.
Judicial defamation, I call it.
So the judge is criticizing Ashley Merchant for doing her job? This judge needs to have Fani Willis arrested for being corrupt.
@@H-ox9rm Fani, Should have been arrested when she Refused to Show up In front of of the House senate!! Get balls, and throw the book at them and Make Them Completely Be A example For All To See!!
Translation: "Mrs Merchant is better than me." - Judge
@@ashleykane4951 well that’s interesting because Trump and his cabinet during his administration snubbed Congress most of the time, so I reckon they should’ve been locked up along with her regardless of their fucking party affiliation or position. Now that’s what you call real justice.
Yes. That’s how corrupt the legal system is in that jurisdiction
Terrorist confederate weirdo cultist. You will be known as cult45.
Backhanded judgement! Make your Judgement, keep your insults off the Bench.
I’m fine with it maybe you should be too!
I agree! What a bunch of BS!
Boy, I’ll tell you if Miss merchant was my attorney I would definitely want her to be difficult. She is a fantastic Lawyer. You guys are just jealous of her because she’ll go after you and she don’t care she doesn’t need to be center of attention or hyped for the media. She’s doing her job and she did well very very very happy for the merchant Law
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Fani is difficult
Ashleigh shouldn't have to be difficult.She followed the law unlike others.
All Fulton County had to do was comply.
Local, state, and federal government agencies fail to comply with state and federal open records laws all day every day. They get away with it because most either can’t afford to challenge it in court or aren’t willing to go through with it.
Criminals don't comply
All the indicted defendants had to do is know what their asking for instead of wanting to make it a game of 20 questions with the county. FIFA request doesn't get the average person hand holding and it's ridiculous that these "lawyers" should be entitled to special treatment. You're all acting like this is a big deal and it's not. It's indicted co-conspirators using the courts to steal money from the county and state, your tax dollars.
@wayausofbounds9255 it's an election interference scheme being blown out the water. Thats a big deal they stole from tax payers. Pretty big deal. But your an illegal im sure so this country doesn't have value for you. as you clearly have 0 value for our constitution and sysytem
@@wayausofbounds9255 NDAs as executed in a DA's office is incredibly sus. The fact that a private law firm has to seek their disclosure via FOIA request is concerning. The Georgia Bar, the Governor of Georgia, and the Georgia Attorney General's office should be all over this. There's no reason to have DA's counsel ot staff execute NDAs unless something very dubious is taking place. The Georgia Code of Legal Ethics is safeguard alone for any potential misconduct or impropriety.
So since Ashleigh is PROFESSIONAL unlike Fanni and her co harts she’s considered Difficult if the the case so be it SHES A BEAUTIFUL PROFESSIONAL HARDWORKING HONEST LAW ABIDING LAWYER
Exactly
@@queensdinner777 beautiful?? Can see where you're coming from.
if she is going to make a ruling. Why not make it? She is bending over to help the state. She has no business finding that she is difficult.
She is subject to the superior court
she is just waiting on a higher court ruling in the event it would make her ruling reversible or moot
She has to ensure that her words are correct and are within the boundaries of the law and are more difficult to be overturned by an application for an appeal. The fact that she appears to be unsure about whether a Supreme Court will counteract her decision is rather dubious. She knows that she is dealing with lawyers. The judge doesn’t appear to be very knowledgeable about certain issues.
Her comments about Miss Merchant are potentially diluted as compared to the reality.
We know that the trumpy sycophants and his cohorts are quite involved in making a mountain out of a molehill, whilst building a molehill sized lump pretending that it is a molehill.
Also, given the type of information she requested does seem to imply a ‘fishing’ exercise. Non disclosure agreements are usually confidential to the party’s, how an office spends their money when dealing with a case that is not about financial spending etc. Some records that she requested may have been necessary but others I’m not sure about but obviously I haven’t paid a lot of attention to this case overall because there has been so many other issues to deal with.
I’m alleging that it’s possible that the Merchant firm are seeking legal costs because the trump cohorts haven’t paid. I’d be interested to know if they have been paid. The fact that they also want fees prior to the litigation implies not. I may be wrong however so it is a mere speculation.😅
@@amayastrata4629 The Judge would not be saying this publicly unless she was pretty confident that the Supreme Court would rule as she expected. She is giving the State the chance to be prepared, and subtly warning them that they better be prepared. She is also giving the Merchants a chance to prepare the Order, this is also standard procedure for a plaintiff to write the Order for the Judge.
In court, an NDA is meaningless if it blocks testimony. When a person is under subpoena, they are compelled to testify, period. The judge can decide if the line of inquiry is not relevant or could harm 3rd parties, but a simple NDA is insufficient grounds.
Given how often DA's have been caught withholding information, especially in this particular jurisdiction, fishing is a very good idea - ALL Americans have the Right to a fair and impartial jury, and the executive branch should *never* be able to decide what is fair, impartial, or relevant. Open records are open records, period. If there is nothing there, then there is nothing there, and there is no reason not to comply. The "wasted resources" argument is meaningless. The law says the records are open, period.
Lastly, the Merchants are getting paid. This money they are asking for is meant to be punitive, and a small fraction of the the total legal bill. They want the fees first because Lawyers always get paid up front. If they where not being paid, they would not be in court at all.
I blame the voters of Georgia! People need to wake tf up!!
100% the voters are at fault. They don't care about the law being upheld.
Right!? The fact that Fani Willis won her primary after all of this shows how ill informed the voters in Fulton County truly are! It is so sad how uninformed so many US voters are to what/whom they are even voting for - myself included. Americans should create a culture where the citizens are much more civics minded a knowledgeable about our governmental system and the canidates running for government positions, yet it seems the exact opposite is going on in our contemporary society.
I remember when the term "woke" used to mean you were awake to the governments corruption... Now look what that term has been co-opted to represent......!
They are too woke already 😂
Nope , you need to blame the voters of Fulton County Georgia. I live in Georgia. I don’t vote in that county. I can’t do anything about their DA office. The taxpayers are the ones who suffer. That’s who will pay the merchant law firm due to this crappy ass District Attorney office.
I would like to add the largest demographic of voters in. Fulton county are AFRICAN AMERICAN. FEMALES. that should help you understand why the votes go to DA Willis
ABSOLUTELY
All this insanity and time wasted of everybody could have been avoided if DA willis was transparent and going by the law. Instead the entire world is now watching dirty laundry getting aired. Well done.
Dirty laundry? This is blatant corruption
Democrats and liberals don't do that. They operate by their own laws.
How outrageous! This judge is off the mark saying those things about Ashley. She’s representing clients. Private citizens. The DA is corrupt lies, etc. a vicious lawsuit against these people and she goes after an excellent attorney who’s been very clear and forthright.
Maga are -retards-
Why do I have a feeling the judge is on the payroll.
Judge is doing cya
@Anoneeemouse because their "just us" system is in place to cover for corruption
I didn't hear the judge say anything bad about the Merchants. She saids she was difficult to face and aggressive. yea that's what I want in a lawyer..
Ashleigh Merchant is being aggressive and difficult for demanding public documents?
Weird ruling.
Especially when "Dexter's Rule" was admitted to be anything except from Ashleigh Merchant!! No wonder she was insistent and difficult! As she should be.
The whole courthouse needs to be cleaned out! Corruption at its worst! It’s obscene and we as Americans have got to demand better! It’s absolutely shameful! Shame on the judge for not doing what should have been done and ask for a full investigation into Fani Willis! This is our country! These are public servants who forget their role to serve our interests, not line their pockets!
Yeah, trump certainly didn't know his role in the White House.
@Jen0714 u r weird
@@Jen0714 OMG, You misspelled Biden!🤡
Amen to that. America belongs to the legal citizens of this country, and it seems that the Biden administration is trickling their corruption in to every government. Evil is as evil does. Get all of these dirty, low-down criminals out of our government!
I am in SUPPORT OF THIS ACTION
I believe that the Judge’s characterization of Ms. Merchant as “difficult” was inappropriate. Judge’s should refrain from passing personal judgments particularly when giving extemporaneous comments from the bench, and rather, issue a more detailed and thoughtful written order and opinion wherein the Judge could better reflect on her choice of verbiage.
I am always flabbergasted by how judges speak plainly about complex court proceedings. I’m sure there are plenty of scarred tongues after listening to a judges meandering rationale.
This woman is Klammilia's speechwriter. How the Hell did she qualify? Hard to believe she went to college - stupid !
Not how it works. A judge makes judgments, it's in the name, as well as finding facts.
@@Evereghalo That is a rather simplistic viewpoint. Judges make findings of factual and judgments on the applicability of the law. Generally, they do not make personal characterizations about members of the State Bar, particularly disrespectful attacks on the character of a person simply because the attorney was tenacious in asserting her rights as a citizen in seeking the public records.
@Evereghalo Her characterization of the Merchants was not part of her judgment or order and, as such, it was entirely unnecessary. It may also have had the derivative effect of emboldening the adversarial conduct other side, irrespective of her order.
When you fear integrity and accountability, you are NOT the good guys!
The difference is in the race
@@jackiechilds8047not really. Race doesn’t matter in any context you could possibly use it here. Those who fear transparency, hide the truth, and squash criticism are by default the bad guys. Nothing else to it. Simple as that.
😮democraps are a corrupt bunch and being a soros appointed DA
The entire DA’s office staff is difficult, aggressive, and very unprofessional. How dare she speak of Mrs Merchant that way.
Agreed 100%.
That’s because she knows she has to rule in her favour according to the law but doesn’t want to admit it. She’s looking for every excuse she can find to excuse Fulton County’s clear and flagrant violation of the law.
That all are. Corrupt intentional liars - protect but corrupt judges.
That is what happens with DEI rulers…
Judge threw her under the bus with that characterization, Mr. Merchant had the chance to correct the judge but when things are going your way, keep your mouth shut. I feel like it was a bone to the state.
This judge waffles. Just apply the law and make a ruling.
um um um um um
Well you may have a personal reason not to like her ruling, but Judge Krause seems to be doing the right thing while going above and beyond to be fair to the DAs office, even though all these legal issues could have been avoided if Mr Bond or someone in his office had simply made a phone call to the Merchant Law Firm.
Good for the mjudge very wise
Very wise
Why would the judge apologize to this attorney from the DA’s office! From what I have seen, starting at the top, they are rude and seem to have no respect of proper courtroom decorum!
Congratulations Ashleigh Merchant
How highly inappropriate for this judge to say that about Ms. Merchant. Had they given her the documents and information that she needed, she would not have had to go after them. What a jerk.
Women do this all the time. They'll be solidly in the wrong and then claim it was because they felt intimidated by the aggressive behavior of their victims. They learn how to do it as children, using tears and false claims of fear to manipulate the audience into believing their anger is fear. It's also why many women never grow up, acting like a toddler and turning all their indiscretions against works quite well. You can also see this behavior in many young men who were raised by single mothers, nothing is ever their fault, some person or circumstance made them do what they did. It leads to many of them dieing because men have different rules and behaving like girls won't save them from their fellow man.
That's literally what the Judge said. Y'all are crazy, hearing shit that the judge didn't say lmao
What in the world... This judge is out of line.😳
@@jamiee11 no girl code, she should've went off on Bond.
Ashley may be labeled difficult but she is right! She shouldn’t have to sue for someone to do their job. Fulton County is corrupt.
She said Merchant can be difficult. You mean does her job without being deterred by a corrupt prosecutors office. Thank God for difficult attourneys
Thank you for you and all the people putting into words what I couldn’t.. exactly what I’m thinking as I’m watching this! My God, it’s as if she’s begrudgingly forced to do the right thing as she’s acting as if Merchant was doing everything she was doing just for exposure ugh..and then later realizes that she’s right but she doesn’t want her to be right.. very annoying
I don’t like the words “difficult” or “aggressive” because of a strong minded, intelligent, & confident woman speaks her mind & is a straight shooter than they are termed with negative connotations. I’ve had to deal with this issue especially with Women hated that attribute because they were wishing they could be like me. Screw that judge’s haterade!!
Actually I sort of like it, it sort of instills fear in these POS
Exactly...💯💯🎯
haterade💗💗💗☺️👌
She literally used them with positive connotations and said that it was Ms Merchant's job to do that. And that the only reason she had to was because the DA office didn't act in good faith. The judge agreed with you. Y'all are crazy lol
This judge slapped the hand when she should have done so much more. What this DA office and personnel did was clear, and obvious, and criminal, but never admonished and punished like they should have been. This was a civil case and the damages should be far greater. Part of the system family.
What is sad they're doing it everywhere. But let a regular civilian go in there and they will throw the book at him
I wonder about the moral compass of some of these judges. Many of them lack wisdom and are often corrupt. And it seems as though more and more judges don’t apply to law fairly at all. Strange times we’re living in.
@rjules1083 There was a warning during the Clinton administration that judges were becoming more social-focused rather than understanding and protecting the law. Then look at the last 25 years and we were warned, but no one believed it would happen. When people finally wake up, these judges are not for Democrats or Republicans, they are creating decisions for the elitists and their inner circles as a way to try to stave off the attacks from average people being treated unfairly. In turn, it makes these judges and inner circle do things that are being exposed by a younger generation (using social media) who wants to destroy this type of authority. That is why I say we do not need these judges, politicians, or their inner circles, they need us.
@@rjules1083corrupt but only when they disagree with your armchair law knowledge.
@@joshuaglass7869yeah thats why so many more cases are being overturned on appeal these days 😂
I hope the higher courts in Georgia are paying attention to this. For her to say, on the record, that AM is difficult was unnecessary and exposes some of her own bias towards the DAs office. Its unfortunate and embarrassing for Georgia's judicial system.
Willis & her corrupt cohorts are a cancerous, ineffective and yes, embarrassment to Georgia’s judicial system😒
Bond needs to be fired
I feel positive that Mr Bond was doing as directed by Fanni.
This judge like to hear herself talk. A lot of words but nothing meaningful said.
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“Kamala Syndrome.”
Hate say but there's a lot of woman like that for some reason.
Doesn't Ms. Merchant have a legal obligation to zealously defend her client? Is that being pushy?
Judge didn’t have to put it that way. She could’ve just said “tenacious”.
@@JKLYDE Ms Merchant forced the judge to do her job. They don't like it when you are right and they are trying to look out for each other
@@jaydeboard1754 for sure. Ashleigh is a GREAT and ethical lawyer. But what happens with the documents they weren’t turning over? Is that what we’re waiting on based on that Supreme Court ruling?
As Fani Willis has a legal obligation to protect Fulton County Residents and their Vote. We are here because Donald Trump called Brad Rathensburger to pressure him to overturn the will of the voters in Fulton County. Not because she took a vacation to get away from this mess for a few days. Is she not supposed to have a personal life?? What other DA in the entire country is being crusified because she was dating her co- council. Only the one trying to hold Donald Trump and his fello criminals accountable. Ashley Merchant is married to her co-council. Do you not see how this all looks like a racist hit job to the rest of the nation?
...not if you're a conservative, it seems...
Congrats Ashleigh
Ashleigh cleaning up the mess of this corrupt County
Aahleigh is corrupt too! She's upset that certain people are making a lot more money than she is.
@nettwn12 explain the corruption. She's self employed and will be reimbursed at the $300 per hour rate she requested - where's the corruption?
@@GataPolitica She is being paid by the Trump party (corrupt) which is what Roman is a part of and it appears she has an ax to grind with with Ms. Willis and her office. That was apparent when she kept bringing up the amount of money Fani paid Nathan wade (that she previously cheered for). Her attitude has been "who do they think they are"? Why, only she knows the real truth.
@@nettwn12I am upset other people have more income then me. Does that make me corrupt? 😂 I doubt Ashleigh Merchant has any need to be jealous of anyone!
The Merchants are inspirational Great success Shame on the judge for her snakey comments insisting the Merchant Law firm were playing to the press and calling her difficult and agressive. The correct characterisation would have been steely, determined, dogged, thorough and professional Those comments were unnessesary and improper
The judge did back off so it is moot how she thought of the defence. She said she was no expert,which is jewellery to a defendant
I only needed to hear the last section of the video thus don't know what I messed.
The Public is entitled to hear judgement. Georgia Court has a stench of ill repute, which some believe has always been there. Thank you Ashleigh Merchant and John (her husband) for the cleansing and the win for justice.
Dexter Bond should be fired!
@@gloriwest absolutely correct ! fire Mr Bond immediately ! Then arrest Bond for obstruction !
I don’t disagree but he was just doing what he was told
He also knew what he was told to do was unethical and Unconstitutional. So knowing this and doing it anyway for a paycheck is grounds for firing and being blacklisted as well as arrested in a fair Justice System.
@@TheWestlandgirl I'm sure this judge was under pressure as well but managed to come to the correct decision so there's hope.
This judge is taking it too far when it comes to Ms. Merchant. Ridiculous!!!
Love ashley merchant! ❤
“Well-behaved women seldom makes history!” so be difficult Att. Merchant and make history!!!
The state bar should censure the judge for her statements.
The bar isn’t over judges unfortunately
This judge is terrified of Fanny Willis.
Yup!
She is afraid of the corrupt democrat political machine that is destroying the US legal system.
Exactly. And she keep talking about Merchant is difficult like she wanna say some else.
@@putnamcountycrimeanalysiswandr all the judges seem like that in Georgia.
The Merchants are formidable opponents.
Meanwhile Nathan Wade, lead prosecutor, had to take RICO training classes just to be let loose with no oversight. This is akin to running toward the end zone before catching the ball. Great work John & Ashley.
This response, from another woman no less, is so insulting.
I'm no fan of the case Ms Merchant brought against DA Willis but state offices & govt officials dont get to choose who they give records (that belong to the people) to and who they lie to or slow walk. They need to all do their jobs quickly, efficiently without regard to whom is asking for what. If they cant do that, then lawsuits need to ensue and for sure the DAs office needs to be held to account.
I watched this whole thing & I'm happy with the way it went (overall). And to be clear 13 requests is NOT too much.
Fani Willis: Go directly to JAIL. Do not pass GO.....................
Cops, judges, DA, anywhere, when they are held accountable “you’re being difficult”
Judge, you don’t have to apologize but Monroe is a horrible attorney and she is also corrupt! Ashleigh is the best attorney and of course she should win!
I live in Georgia, and it is very corrupted. I knew when the judge apologized to the lawyer of fanny that she was going to also say disparaging words about Ashely. The judge knew what she was going to rule the way that she did, but she had to put some mess with it because this is shown to the world, and she probably knew the Merchant Law group would appeal. I am telling you that all of these judges, lawyers, Fanny group, and etc. all work together, and it is not good. I am so glad that people around the world are seeing this corruption that has been going on for years.
you should be ashamed of yourself then. DA willis is TRYING to protect YOUR VOTE! Lets not forget why we are here. Donald Trump called Brad Rathensburger and tried to pressure him to TOSS OUT the will of Fulton County Voters. Not because any other reason are people lambasting and trying to harpoon Fani Willis and her office. Tell me ONE OTHER DA that is being scrutinized over a relationship she had with co-council. Ashley Merchant is married to her co council. This is all such racist horseshit and the entire nation sees how racist fulton county is.
GA Bar seems to be lax on investig Wade and Fanis.
@@jeffreydonaldson9757 There is no conflict of interest to date co-council. Ashley Merchant is married to her co-council. Im sure they have taken vacations too. The hypocracy is boundless.
@@quantumalchemy I’d erase that comment, but I like to look intelligent.
@@quantumalchemyyou dont have any idea what your talking about. They are private attorneys, they are not being paid by the taxpayers. Moreover, when you hire someone and are there boss and paying them with public funds it is a HUGE conflict of interest. For example, why was Wade paid almost $1mil when John Floyd, the RICO expert was paid $150K? See how someone could perceive a conflict?
Ashley.... YOU GO GIRL!!!!! 🇺🇸❤️👏
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Mrs Merchant was difficult???? Seriously??
Big FANNY and her entire staff are DIFFICULT!! As well as utterly corrupt!
Translation: "Mrs Merchant is better than me." - Judge
I don't think it takes any brains to work in the Fulton County DA's office just loyalty . The Young Thug trial is as much a mess as the Trump trial.
Bond was not only difficult, he was a condescending, arrogant ass. The Judge should have slapped him with contempt!
@@corneliastone1807 big fanny?? Sounds like Trump followers with all the personal/physical insults...,especially if they are black.
Ms. Merchant, aggressive and difficult??? Really, how about tenacious and thorough? Fanny and her office is being obstructive and talk about difficult!!!!
What the hell is this judge talking about? She labels an attorney 'difficult' for doing her job? That whole Fulton County function is a shiteshow and needs to be fumigated. This judge is waffling left and right on her words.
She still wants to show she somewhat sides with the State, it’s the only way she can keep her position.
She is saying that she was "precieved to be difficult" by her asking the questions but not that seh wasn't entitled to ask.
DIFFICULT??? REALLY???? WOW
This judge should be removed! Ashley is the bomb!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
A vote for Kamala is a vote for Garland, Bragg, Mayorkas, and the rest of the swamp dwellers.
The judge needed to apologize
This judge is a POS. Merchant has been difficult because Fulton County has been corrupt and showed zero professional standards. This judge should be removed too....
@@CC-ub5wr oh Ok, Yea clearly you don’t know the law and how the process of Open Records System is set up To Really Work! Bye!
Stop The Madness ! Vote Blue 🔵 2024.
@patriciawilson155 you are aware that "voting Blue" has actually LEAD to this problem... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I don't think you understand what is going on here@@patriciawilson155
@patriciawilson155 trump understands the corruption going on in fulton county and will set an example of their office if he’s elected
So the state lying about having documents that’s easily approvable because they submitted documents. But yet they claim it doesn’t exist somehow equals Ashley being difficult for pointing it out with actual court documents and this is just one of many issue. Shame on the judge because she does not say that Fanny or anyone in her team is difficult.
Whatever side you're on, this case will help clear up the law on open records act and elected public prosecutors. A lot of what she asked for were contracts/invoices/ and items called public records by law.
The judge is a coward.
You're not very smart.
@@philiphorner31and your stupid
@@philiphorner31 Don't need to be. Even a democrat could come to that conclusion.
You are absolutely correct. I was outraged when she accused the Merchants of being difficult and aggressive. That's exactly what the DA's office was from the get go.
@@deangiusti1884
Outrage is the great American sport. So boring.
The only person that was being difficult is Fani
Exactly
Wrong, u 4got about Dexter Bond. Perhaps u missed his very testy testimony. He was particularly nasty to Ashley Merchant.
its her job to be"dificult" she is supposed to do the best she can for her client.
Congrats Ashleigh!!!
Ashleigh merchant is a gift from God.
Hallelujah!! Man I LOVE ASHLEY MERCHANT!! I'd make it a point to stay on her good side!! Thank the Lord for a level headed judge!!! ❤❤❤❤
Are judges often this confused & incoherent when they speak?
Judge Whitaker in the YSL trial
She did fine. Not the best, not the worst.
She's very unprofessional.
CYA at the same time chastising for insistentance of doing a job Ashleigh was being paid to do for her clients.
Uh oh. Fani had some money spending issues that are about to be uncovered
If Ashley Merchant was a man, she would not have been considered difficult. She would have been considered hard-nosed and direct.
Not true at all.
Whatever the case, I have become a huge fan of both Ms. Merchant and Brian Steele after seeing them in various trials and hearings.
@@kcgunesq I like her style.
Merchant for DA
The Supreme court, better do the right thing, and Not allow Fani Willis and her corrupt team, get away with their corruption of withholding public records. If so, there are no upstanding laws in all of Georgia involving Fani Willis and her side sidekicks. Bond was the extremely rude to Merchant. I don't know what the judge means, by labeling Merchant as difficult and aggressive, just doing her job. The judge told Bond, you can say what you want to Merchant. Rather he wanted to work with her or not, it's his job to do what is requested.
NDAs in a public office?!?! WTF? Incredibly sus.
Bond is a fucking mess. He should be fired. So should big fani!
Yes bond she be fired She has no right to be in officem 😂
Difficult? Difficult? Ashleigh Merchant is "Difficult"!?! All they had to do was give over the got dam documents, PER LAW!!
DIFFICULT?!?
They hate on Ashleigh cuz she is all that & a bag of skittles!!
Funny Fani acts a certain way she’s being empowered woman Ashleigh acts a certain way she’s being difficult .
Ashleigh is pointing out, lies and inconsistencies from the state so she’s difficult anytime Fani it’s word salad, but she’s being empowered woman
Interesting…
Its such a blatant double standard.
Judge is “difficult.”
Being DIFFICULT AND AGGRESSIVE when forcing a court to abide by constitutional and state law should be worn as a badge of honor. To hell with Georgia and Fulton county.
@@silvursprings I've never saw her be difficult or aggressive, not the the videos I watch of her.
@@silvursprings why didn't she speak about how aggressive & nasty Bond was.
@@lizdk1999 I agree
These judges better watch out because they may not be a judge much longer. We the American people are getting tired of this
Under rated reply! 100 percent true because there will be a total clean out of Unconstitutional Judges etc from our Justice Dept, from the bottom up to the top. The Swamp will be drained.
Judge seemed to spend 13 minutes apologising for her ruling, closing off with the possibility it might all get over turned by another court ruling. What a mess.
9:17 I'm not a lawyer and I'll bet you that this judge has no idea how blatantly obvious it is that she is trying to stay in the good graces of Fulton County and Fannie while doing what she's legally obligated to do but in doing that she is consistently contradicting herself and the facts surrounding these requests and her own statements
Fani misappropriated funds, she lied on the witness stand! She needs to be disbarred!!!!!
You need proof for that!
Crooked Big Fani Willis.
What is this judge going on about? Merchant has a right to public information under the public records act. Her motive for requesting the information is completely irrelevant. If the DA’s office had given her the information, then there wouldn’t be an issue at all. But it’s clear that the DA’s office deliberately withheld this information because they don’t like her. So Merchant had to be a difficult (rhymes with witch) and drag them to court to get them to do their job. This runs up unnecessary expenses for the defense and the DA’s office should pay for every dime of it. Plus, the individual public employees who violated the law based on their petty dislike for Merchant should be fined.
Shame on ALL of these corrupt people. They ALL need to be put out of business permanently and jailed. Make examples of them.
This judge is a disgrace and a joke, how dare she say Ashley Merchant is “aggressive & difficult”.
But she is, and that's a compliment because she's PAID to be that way for her clients.
I agree it was definitely a compliment!
Mr. Bond was “aggressive & difficult”…
I don’t like this judge real sneaky and bad for business… she didn’t want to rule in the merchants favor … she knew they wouldn’t stop
TRANSPARENCY!!
…. Especially the DAs office.
Very good. Justice is served
This judge mischaracterized and besmirched Mrs. Merchant all to go easy on DA Willis. Mrs. Merchant has a duty and an oath to defend the law and this judge called her “difficult”. Shame on her.
they are simply NOT going to comply with anything they don't want to.
This judge is the problem. That old saying-“ Lack of the sense God gave a Goose”
Take that Big Fani.
This judge is so disrespectful
The Ashley Merchant Rule!!!!
She was surprising deferrential to the argument that the Merchant's had ulterior motives. Access to public records should be the same regardless of the motive of the requestor except for very specific cases, and "public embarrassment" is not one of them.
And the DA knows this because they tried to half assed respond because they knew they couldn't legitimately deny the request. It's not just incompetence, it's malicious. And they hoped to excuse themselves because of all the media hoopla.
It's a conscious attempt to subvert the law.
Congratulations Ashleigh...