BREAKING: Fulton County PANICS As Feds Demand 2020 Election Records!

Added: 2026-05-14

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[00:00:14]Shout out to everyone who's in the building. We got a lot to talk about today. We've got the FBI and Fulton County are still going at it. And Fulton County just took another L when it comes to the FBI. Oh my gosh, it this is going absolutely insane. We're going to talk about that. We're going to get into what's going on. This Fio Fulio trial, we started covering it at the beginning.

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[00:02:56]But either way, we're going to go ahead and get into it. Again, y'all like the video on your way in. Let's get into our first topic. This is going to be an interesting one. I need to take a sip of water because I'm going to be doing a lot of reading on this, but it's important. We got to talk about it because we've been covering what's been going on with this fight between the FBI and Fulton County over the 2020 election, specifically over information that the FBI wants to receive. What information is that? Well, the FBI just got with the judge and they want to go after and get information on every single person that was involved in the 2020 election here in Fulton County.

[00:03:34]Name, address, birth date, social security number. Well, I don't know if they want their social security number, but they're trying to get it all. And now, of course, Fulton County is fighting and pushing back against that and they don't want it. So, we have an amazing article that was written by our guy Mark Davis over there. We're actually going to be getting Mark Davis on the show soon. And he gives more information on what's going on with this fight back and forth and why Fulton County is so worried about the FBI getting this information. Check it out.

[00:04:01]Mark Davis says this. Fulton County, Georgia, the epicenter of so many lingering questions about the 2020 presidential election, has a new problem on its hands. On May 4th, the Fulton County Board of Registrations and Elections filed a 27page motion to quash the US District Court for the New Northern District of Georgia, asking a federal judge to quash a grand jury subpoena demanding the personal identifying information of thousands of county election workers and volunteers who helped administer the November 2020 general election. Now, with this happening, with the FBI doing this, I feel like they're specifically wanting to get information out of certain people. They're just not going on a fishing expedition. There are people that they want to single out and find out information for. All right, we already talked about Ruby Freeman and her daughter. We're going to get into that at some point on the show as well and their involvement in the 2020 election. Maybe this is how they do it.

[00:04:57]All right, so let's actually get into the article and see what he has to say here. So, check this out. written by Mark Davis. You can find this over on the federalist.com. I'll leave a link to this article in the description for you guys. He says this. Falton County fights federal subpoena for records about botched 2020 election. What does he say?

[00:05:17]Fton County, Georgia is the epicenter of many lingering questions about 2020 presidential election has a problem on a new problem on its hands. And we just read that as a preview. He said earlier the original subpoena was issued under seal on March 17, 2026 by the US attorney's office for the middle district of North Carolina under US attorney US attorney Dan Bishop. It was served on the board around April 2020 and required production of the records by May 5th, which we know has already passed. It seeks names, positions, funfunctions, residential address, email address, personal telephone numbers for essentially the entire 2020 Fulton election workforce.

[00:05:57]Yeah, they're looking for somebody specific. It'll be interesting to see how the judge rules on this. Either way, the categories are explicit and granular. They want the identities of mail and ballot reviewers, voter review panel members, mobile voting unit operators, ballot transporters, precinct managers, tabulator operators, risk limiting audit participants. I want to hear from them for sure. Recount workers and more. Of note, the records were not even directed to the grand jury in Atlanta. They were to be delivered to an outofd district prosecutor and the FBI special agent. Rather than comply quietly, the board filed its motion to quas publicly without requesting it be sealed. That single procedural choice, which some see as a very deliberate one, turned an otherwise sealed grand jury matter into front page news overnight.

[00:06:49]The board's lawyers wasted no time in framing the subpoena in the most explosive terms possible, characterizing it as, I can imagine what they're going to say, the DOJ's latest effort to target and harass the presidential perceived political enemies. Oh no, it's a threat to democracy, as they always say. They called it unprecedented and harassing, grossly overboard, untethered. Oh my gosh. Untethered to any reasonable need and an unconstitutional burden on the First Amendment rights of election workers that will chill future participation.

[00:07:24]I think I wonder it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. Are they maybe doing this so somebody who knows something, they'll get worried, they'll get nervous, they'll get scared, and maybe they'll give information on someone before we even get to that point. It'll be interesting to see what happens. Uh they also say this, they also leaned heavily on the five-year statute of limitations, arguing that any 2020 related federal crimes are now timebarred and the subpoena therefore cannot possibly lead to a valid prosecution. But those limitations can be told if the Department of Justice evidence of concealment or false statements or an ongoing criminal conspiracy. There you go. So, this is the same Fton County that spent years insisting every 2020 question had been debunked. And they're saying that in multiple other states as well. Yet, it quietly admitted in the state proceedings that roughly 130 tabulator tapes covering the chain of custody for approximately 315,000 early votes were never signed or properly documented. Yes, we heard that from from the attorney for the board of registrations and elections, AMB, at the time. It is the same county whose state farm arena video still raises chain of custody questions for many observers.

[00:08:42]And it's still the same jurisdiction that saw the FBI raid in the clerk's office and bo clerk's office and board warehouse on January 28th, 2026, carting away roughly 700 boxes of original 2020 election materials as a part of a criminal investigation. That's why Uncle Rob's up there shaking. Rob Pix is worried because he said he heard from his friends in DC that somebody f to get somebody's about to get arrested. He doesn't know if it's him or who it is, but they're definitely nervous. The intense focus on the 2020 workforce is no accident. Former poll manager and current Fulton County Commissioner Bridget Thorne, a Republican who worked in that election on the ground and later became a whistleblower, has long raised red flags about how the county staffed its operations. Thorne has publicly detailed her surprise upon receiving the email from her regional manager notifying poll managers that Fulton would have ACLU clerks in every precinct on election day to assist with absentee balling processing. If y'all know about the ACLU, they are very uh leftleaning if we're going to go on the political side and uh could have maybe had some other intentions there. Again, allegedly, I don't know. I'm just pointing that out. Um she questioned that arrangement directly. The county also relied heavily on temporary workers supplied by outside staffing agencies such as Happy Faces rather than experienced local staff. Many at many advice voting sites were staffed almost exclusively by these temps with minimal oversight for regular county election officials. Critics argue that outsourcing created opportunities for partisan influence, weakened training standards, and compromised chain of custody controls, precisely the kind of granular operations detailed a grand jury would want to examine through worker rosters, assignments, or even their testimony. And who knows, maybe the person they're looking for might not even exist. I mean, it might have been somebody that was planted there. Who knows? But we have seen the videos. I know a lot of y'all seen the State Farm Marina videos. You've seen the videos them covering up the windows with cardboard.

[00:10:49]It's crazy out here. Thorne's involvement went far beyond internal complaints. When the FBI showed up showed up at her door as a part of the federal probe, she cooperated fully and provided them with the sworn affidavit she filed back in 2020. And that helped secure the 20 the January 28, 2026 search warrant for the raid on the Fulton election offices and warehouse.

[00:11:11]So again, we saw experts listed throughout that affidavit. We went through it on the channel. If you missed that video, make sure you go back and watch it. Now, we know this is probably one of the people who was mentioned in there as expert 123. I think there was what, seven se somewhere around seven experts in that document. Thorne is now the sitting Republican incumbent commissioner in district 1 and her cooperation with the DOJ recently prompted a draw jawdropping act of political retaliation printed right on the official May 19th 2026 Fulton County primary ballot under the state Democratic party questions. Oh, okay.

[00:11:49]So, I saw this too. Under the state Democratic Party questions section appears a question number five which reads verbatim. Are you aware a sitting Republican Fulton County Board of Commissioners served as a witness alongside other 2020 election conspiracy theorists on the affidavit the FBI used to steal your private election information? This is on the ballot, guys. I even saw when I was voting during early voting some interesting questions on the Republican side that I kind of said, "Wow, this is it's weird that they're able to ask this." Either way, this is a question and they're asking about Miss Thorne in that instance. Georgia law and long-standing practice allow political parties to place non-binding advisory questions, essentially straw polls, on primary ballots, to give their voters settle uh sentiment on policy issues. These questions have no legal effect and appear only on that party's partisan ballot. While parties have wide discretion, the Fulton County Democrats have used it aggressively here. I mean, they want you to go back and change your vote, I guess, explicitly naming the role of sitting Republican Commissioner Thorne and linking her to the FBI investigation. Similarly, uh, similar pointed questions appear elsewhere on the same Democratic ballot. While unusual in their personal targeting, they are legally permissible and are protected by party speech.

[00:13:13]Lastly, the board's motion of course cast all of this as baseless Trump era retaliation. But for those who have followed Fulton's track record, unsigned tapes, procedural anomalies, and repeated resistance to basic transparency, open records, for example, the subpoena looks like harassment and more like looks looks less like harassment and more like the next logical step in a long overdue accountability effort. Grand juries exist precisely to determine whether probable cause exists for indictment.

[00:13:45]Asking for actual uh roster of people who touch the ballots, the tabulators and transport chains is not a fishing expedition, and I use that term. It is a standard investigative work when serious discrepancies have already been documented in public filings.

[00:14:03]Importantly, the subpoena's narrow focus on identifying election workers in no way limits the Department of Justice inquiry. Grand juries routinely examine a broad array of evidence, which likely includes other issues the FBI may have found in hundreds of boxes of original 2020 material seized in the FBI raid.

[00:14:22]issues such as unsigned tabulator tapes, chain of custody gaps documented on video, discrepancies between physical records and reported results or higher level administrative decisions can all be can all be pursued independently on issues related to individual pole workers conduct or temp agency staffing questions. So again, I'm not going to go through the rest of this article. I want you guys to go over there and support the federalist.com and support this amazing work that Mark Davis did. But I do want to know your thoughts on this.

[00:14:55]Let me know how you feel about the FBI's investigation and if this is something that's necessary. Is it just a fishing expedition? Is the FBI looking for a specific name or the Department of Justice looking for a specific name that they want to target and get more information from? Or are they just hoping they'll see something and be able to move forward with the investigation that way? Let me know what you guys think in the comments in the chat. Shout out to Mark Davis. This article is amazing and well put together. I almost got through the whole thing, but I had to take a break. I was reading so good I didn't want to ruin it, so we had to shut it down. But I'll drop the link for y'all in the uh in the description as well. Thank you for saying Oh, shout out to K Bean. Says, "Sub to Jer of your peers." Thank you.

[00:15:39]That video was insane. Yeah. Which one?

[00:15:41]the one with the cardboard or the one with the people with the chain of custody. They need to be nervous. Cash isn't exactly striking isn't exactly striking fear in their hearts. Yeah.

[00:15:52]Well, that's Pam Bondi's fault. I think that's the former attorney general's fault. So, maybe things will look a little bit different now and maybe people will be a little bit more concerned. We'll have to wait and see.

[00:16:04]Uh the view leans in whatever direction the chair link brings.

[00:16:14]Oh man, I know exactly what you're saying there, K Bean. And that is hilarious. Wow. Shout out to the lunch ladies over on The View. I mean, uh, it it is what it is. All right, now we're going to move forward and get into something a little bit more interesting and honestly shocking. This is going to be this is a crazy one that I did not see happening. So, y'all know we've been covering this Julio Fulio trial and specifically we've been streaming the entire trial on the Jury of Your Peers channel. If y'all haven't subscribed to that channel, please go do that. All right, please go subscribe. The link is in the description, also pinned it in the comment for you guys. But now that the defendants, the four defendants in the Julio Fulio trial have been found guilty of pretty much everything they were charged with. Well, not pretty much everything they were charged with, most importantly, murder. We are now moving on to the penalty phase. What's the penalty phase? Well, this is where we're going to decide or the juryy's going to decide what happens to them. Are they going to face the death penalty or are they just going to go to prison for the rest of their life? Either way, these guys life is over. Uh there's no parole.

[00:17:21]They're done. So, now we're actually going to get to hear from one of the gentlemen who was involved in this murder with Julio Fulio and was one of the shooters in this case, Shawn Geathright. And this is going to be interesting because just before we hear from him, uh, we actually got to hear from his mother and we got to hear from his sister talking about, you know, how he was as a kid, the type of person he was, and now we're going to get to hear from him himself and he's going to try and explain maybe why he shouldn't face the death penalty. This is uh, one of the most interesting things I've seen.

[00:17:54]So, check this out.

[00:17:59]where you make the decision and only you get to make the decision whether or not to testify. Okay?

[00:18:05]>> And this is the judge basically warning him, hey, listen, man, this this could help you. It could hurt you. So, be careful what you say. Be careful how you testify. Are you sure you want to do this? This is a judge just cautioning him, saying, "You sure about this?"

[00:18:19]>> Choose to remain silent or you can take the stand, be sworn to tell the truth, and then tell the truth. Um, it's my understanding from your counsel that you wish to uh testify. Is that correct?

[00:18:32]>> And has anyone, including your attorneys, um, threatened you or coerced you or harassed you in any way in order to get you to make this decision?

[00:18:42]>> And has anybody made you any promises or assurances regarding what the jury's decision will be in this phase of the trial?

[00:18:54]And you understand no one can, right? No one can predict like what any jury will do at any time.

[00:19:00]>> Um your your attorneys can do their best to advise you, but no one can ultimately predict. So do you understand that?

[00:19:06]>> Okay. And um as far as this at this stage of the proceedings, um you will be permitted to testify.

[00:19:15]Um, but we're not going to revisit necessarily facts because then you risk potentially opening the door and then you could find yourself in a situation where you could be required to answer questions about the case and um that's not what is meant to happen at this stage and it could ultimately be negatively impactful for you if that were to happen. Do you understand that?

[00:19:43]>> Okay. Okay, very good. Um, so if he's going to testify, let's go ahead and put him on the web stand.

[00:19:49]>> This is crazy. I Do you guys think this is a good idea or a bad idea? Let me know in the comments in the chat.

[00:19:57]I mean, I guess it doesn't really make a difference in my opinion, but sheesh, I'm surprised to see this.

[00:20:12]Dang, this is wild. I've never seen anything like this.

[00:20:33]Okay, very good. Let's go ahead then and bring in the jury.

[00:21:05]All right.

[00:21:34]Okay, very good. Everyone have a seat.

[00:21:37]All right. Uh, Mr. Flestein, your next witness is >> right. Mr. Gaff, please stand up. Raise your right hand.

[00:21:49]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:21:49]>> Okay, have a seat. And you may >> Here we go.

[00:21:58]>> My name is Sean Gatrite. S E A N G A T H R I G HT.

[00:22:04]>> What's your date of birth, sir? I was born on October 20th, 2005.

[00:22:10]>> Mr. Gret, you've heard um people speak here today on your behalf and yesterday, and I know that you wanted to um address the court in the jury. So, I would like to ask you what you want the jury to know.

[00:22:31]I just want to address the court today and you know I'm not here to dispute anything. I'm just here to be a man and take responsibility and express my feelings about what has you know this this whole situation.

[00:22:46]Um you know that's that's what I plan on doing.

[00:22:52]Okay. And how do you feel? What >> I feel very remorseful, you know. Um, this is a terrible situation. It's been a a traumatic experience. Um, you know, >> huh, >> let me ask you this. So, how old were you when you were arrested?

[00:23:17]>> I was 18 years old.

[00:23:19]Um, we heard that you had started some college obviously probably far, right?

[00:23:23]>> Right.

[00:23:24]>> What have you done since you've been in jail? Is there programs? Are there things that you can do there?

[00:23:31]>> So, um, you know, I've I've gotten into programs. I've also, you know, I grew up, you know, in church and, you know, in a Christian household. Um, so I refocused my, you know, life to Christ.

[00:23:45]And, you know, I've taken a lot of religious programs. Um, I've read the Bible from cover to cover. Um, I've tried to, you know, share some word and, you know, we have prayer circles in the jail and stuff like that. I've led a couple, you know, prayer circles and, um, I've tried to, you know, kids around my age or, you know, younger, you know, since I'm 20 years old. Now, when you turn 18, you know, you go to the adult pods and stuff like that. So if I see somebody who I see, you know, has a lot of potential, take responsibility, take a chance to keep them from, you know, basically being able to be corrected and at this opportunity and not come back.

[00:24:23]You know, I try to take them under my wing.

[00:24:26]>> Um I, as you see, I have a lot of resources and a lot of family that love me and they've even, you know, ask me like, "Hey, is there anybody in there who doesn't have somebody like that who, you know, could we send them some money?" Like, you know, anything like that. So, I've tried to, you know, be a a a vessel for God to pour over my blessings into those around me.

[00:24:48]>> We heard from Mr. Bonosca who said that, you know, in prison that there is opportunities um at times to be a mentor or you do orientations and peer-to-peer things like that. Um is that something that you'd be interested in doing?

[00:25:01]>> Of course. You know, I definitely want to, you know, try my absolute best to course correct anybody from falling down a path that they don't have to take, especially the youth. I feel like that's my calling that God has put on my heart to, you know, be a mentor to the youth and be a positive influence in in this world.

[00:25:24]>> Um, what about those relationships? Like you said, you have a lot of people. Are you able to maintain those relationships now?

[00:25:35]>> Yes. So, I mean, everybody who I, you know, maintain a relationship wasn't able to all be here today or, you know, even testify, but, you know, I talk to them daily, weekly, bi-weekly. You know, I have I I I cherish my my my supporters very deeply and I want to maintain relationship with them for the rest of my life.

[00:26:01]And I know, you know, we don't we're not going to talk about the case itself, right? And but you you said that you were taking accountability. You felt remorseful. Tell us what what you mean by that and what statement you want to make >> to the victim's family.

[00:26:17]You know, I I want to send my deepest condolences and my you know, I understand that it's hard losing a child, a best friend, a brother, a cousin, and for that, I just cannot say sorry enough. You know, I I I feel terrible about the situation, but I'm I'm a firm believer that God can use anything for good that the devil >> wanted for bad.

[00:26:48]>> Oh. Oh.

[00:26:51]I didn't want to interrupt him, but tell your family. Hey, listen y'all. It was a while ago. I was a knucklehead. I was out here doing dumb stuff. I killed your son.

[00:27:05]You know, I'm sorry. I can't say sorry enough. It is my bad, guys. But you But God uses everything for good. And hey, maybe Julio Julio needed to die for me to change my life.

[00:27:20]I don't know that that's helping him.

[00:27:21]Let me know what y'all think. Maybe I'm tripping.

[00:27:24]And so I am grateful for the people I've met, for the lessons that I've learned, >> for this experience in general because it's one that I'll never forget and it's going to shape the rest of my life.

[00:27:37]>> Sounds like there's that saying, it's kind of cheesy, but you make lemons out of lemonade or whatever.

[00:27:44]>> Lemonade out of lemons >> somehow. I obviously don't make >> Wait, but he Oh, this is bad. I'm Okay, I'm not gonna interrupt anymore. This is bad. He's saying, "Yeah, y'all. I, you know, I brought the lemons here. I'm the reason we have lemons, but I'm gonna make them in the lemonade now." See, it's all good. Oh, jeez.

[00:28:03]>> It sounds to me like you are going to try and make the best of a a of a bad situation. Does that sound about right?

[00:28:10]>> Of course.

[00:28:11]>> And are you going to continue to do that?

[00:28:12]>> Of course.

[00:28:13]>> Fio was just the lemon. try to, you know, continue a humble life, a righteous life, you know, try to do the right things at all times. And, you know, >> will you apprise yourself? We've heard about some, you know, courses and programs and things that you can get involved with to stay busy in prison. Is that something that you plan to do?

[00:28:33]>> Yeah. So, I, you know, hearing Rahul's testimony was, you know, the first glimpse that I have of, you know, what prison could be like. You know, I want to stay as busy as possible. You know, stay away from bad apples. You know, I want to like keep a job.

[00:28:50]>> Is he in prison or is he in jail?

[00:28:52]>> Get get into programs. Try to get into any vocational things I can do. Try to, you know, keep my record clean to, you know, go to the best incentivized things and have visits with my family. And, you know, I just want to just stay out the way. You know, I just want to make everything, you know, peaceful as as can be. Even knowing that you're not getting out of prison, you want to make the best of your stay there.

[00:29:15]>> Of course. I mean, who wouldn't? If you're going to be somewhere for the rest of your life, why would you make your life a living hell?

[00:29:22]>> When you're young, right? You're 20.

[00:29:24]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:29:25]>> Your honor, may I have a moment?

[00:29:27]>> Yes. I'll pass the witness.

[00:29:29]>> Okay.

[00:29:32]>> That's his mother. Oh, that poor woman.

[00:29:34]Damn. We might have to go back and listen to her testimony.

[00:29:37]>> Jones was young, too, wasn't he?

[00:29:39]>> Relatively young. Yes, sir.

[00:29:41]>> 26, right?

[00:29:42]>> Yes, sir.

[00:29:43]>> That's what the evidence showed us, correct? You were sitting here watching that, correct? The evidence that came in over the last several weeks.

[00:29:48]>> I was right there.

[00:29:50]>> Yeah. And you want to take accountability now, correct? You want to take accountability now that this jury has found you guilty, correct?

[00:29:59]>> Yes, sir.

[00:30:00]>> Weeks after we went through a trial.

[00:30:02]>> Is that your testimony?

[00:30:06]>> I miss sustain the objection.

[00:30:08]You indicated this was a traumatic experience.

[00:30:12]>> Is that right?

[00:30:13]>> Yes, sir.

[00:30:14]>> That's what you just testified to.

[00:30:15]>> Poor Sean.

[00:30:17]>> That's what I said.

[00:30:20]>> Yeah. He's about to cook this guy.

[00:30:24]Jeez, we just have one moment, your honor. I'm trying to get the >> Yes.

[00:31:05]I mean, hey, you got to respect him for trying, but >> appreciate it.

[00:31:09]>> Stage 25 C. You remember Gino Norris?

[00:31:13]>> Yes, sir.

[00:31:14]>> You remember him?

[00:31:15]>> He was also really young when this happened, wasn't he?

[00:31:18]>> I didn't know how old he was.

[00:31:20]>> Early 20s. 22. Would that surprise you?

[00:31:24]>> Um, no. It wouldn't surprise me.

[00:31:26]>> Yeah. Gino Norris, who's not a gang member, who's Charles Jones friend from the time they're children.

[00:31:32]>> That's the legal basis.

[00:31:38]>> Okay. Uh, come on up, council.

[00:31:41]>> Man, we got a sidebar during during this man's testimony. Hey, let him get the words out. What do y'all think so far?

[00:31:49]This is This is not great. I don't think it's a great a great idea just because the way that Sean's framing it, but maybe the jury will see it differently.

[00:32:23]26 C >> Xavier Edwards 25C Gino Norris and you saw the autopsy photos of Charles Jones. My question to you is after you and your friends inflicted that carnage on June 23rd and as you were running states 20 59C, this is actually you running to shoot them. But when you were running p back past that Tesla, were you feeling a lot of trauma at that point?

[00:33:03]so long ago. I try to not remember anything from that night.

[00:33:08]>> Were you remorseful as you were running back with that AR-15 in your hands?

[00:33:12]>> Nope.

[00:33:13]>> Like I said, I try to remember nothing from that night.

[00:33:16]>> Was it traumatic to you as you went back to the car with that AR-15? Was it still smoking? Was it still warm in your hands from firing it?

[00:33:25]>> Sustain the objection.

[00:33:27]>> No, don't sustain. Let him answer. Were you still were you feeling remorse as you were getting back into the impala?

[00:33:34]>> Like I said, I just try to focus on today and moving forward.

[00:33:41]>> So the next day that Impala, that was your car. You drove that around, right? It was your mom's, but you drove that car, correct?

[00:33:50]>> Yes, sir. It was my mother's car.

[00:33:51]>> Right. And that was the car you drove from Jacksonville to Tampa in. Correct.

[00:33:56]>> I'm object. I'm working to a point.

[00:33:59]>> It's not the beyond the scope.

[00:34:02]>> So this car, this Impala that you drove from Jacksonville to Tampa in with Mr. Chance and Miss Andrews, the one that you drove in tandem with with the Silver Cruise, the same car that you utilized to drive the assault team, the shooting team, which you were a part of that night. That same car that you drove around Tampa in the early morning hours for several hours tracking, stalking, and hunting Charles Jones and his entourage >> sustain.

[00:34:33]>> That same Impala, you drove that to Pulk County the next day and you dropped it at your grandmother's house, right? The same grandmother who came in here last night and testified for you. Correct.

[00:34:45]>> Um, go ahead. You can answer that question.

[00:34:48]>> Yes.

[00:34:48]>> Isn't that correct?

[00:34:49]>> What is the question? You dropped the Impala, the one that had all of these shooters in it, the one that was utilized in this murder that was such a vital cog in this plan. You dropped it at your grandmother's house in Auburnale, didn't you?

[00:35:05]>> I'm here to testify about today.

[00:35:08]>> Are you going to answer that question or are you going to avoid it?

[00:35:11]>> Because that's not what I asked what you were doing here today. I think we all understand what you're here to do today, >> what you're testifying about. I'm asking you specifically about your remorse.

[00:35:22]Were you remorseful when you dropped that car off and left it at your grandmother's house in Auburnale?

[00:35:31]>> I did go to my grandmother's house.

[00:35:34]>> Were you feeling remorse when you hugged her and got into the 4ERunner and left her with the impala after you wiped it down?

[00:35:42]>> Dang, >> sir. I'm just telling you that today I would like to express my remorse to the family to the court.

[00:35:49]>> I understand what you're trying to do today. I'm asking you since you're trying to convince >> should have stayed your butt on the other side.

[00:35:55]>> Were you feeling remorse that next day or later that day?

[00:36:00]>> I don't remember these days in detail how I was feeling, what I was thinking.

[00:36:06]>> What about later that night when you went to Orlando? Were you feeling remorse when you were out partying at Club Parlay, celebrating what you had done that day?

[00:36:15]>> That was my sister's birthday party.

[00:36:18]>> What? Did Did you feel any remorse while you were drinking Don Julio tequila and putting that in your video and throwing gang signs?

[00:36:27]>> He should have said he was scared. He should have been like, "Yeah, you know, in the back of my mind, I think I was scared. I was worried it's going to get caught and that this day was going to come." You know, but he's young, so he's probably not thinking like that.

[00:36:38]>> I'm here.

[00:36:39]testify about today. Sir, >> I we've all seen the evidence. We've all reviewed >> Mr. Mr. Chance, it's not time for you now to make speeches. You've politely answered your council's questions. Can you not answer the state's questions? Is there something about my question you don't understand?

[00:36:57]>> I was getting to Sorry, Mr. Gather. I called you Mr. Chance. Excuse me.

[00:37:02]>> I was I was getting to my answer. Um, >> like I said, I I've seen all the evidence. I >> Well, we've all seen all the evidence.

[00:37:13]>> Yes, sir.

[00:37:14]>> That's true.

[00:37:15]>> And after all that evidence came in and this jury based their true verdict on that, convicting you, now you're taking accountability. Is that correct?

[00:37:24]>> Sustain the objection. I think the question on the table was remorse about it. Your honor, >> you just need to answer that question.

[00:37:32]So, I'm gonna ask you very specifically, okay? So, try to focus with a laser beam here, Mr. Gath, right?

[00:37:40]>> Were you feeling a remorse when you were in Club Parlay in Orlando drinking Don Julio? Were you feeling remorse for what you did earlier that day?

[00:37:49]>> I don't remember how I was feeling or what I was thinking.

[00:37:51]>> Were you feeling remorse when you got pulled over in the 4ERunner a couple of days later by the police?

[00:37:58]>> I don't remember. I was nervous. I mean, I had never been involved in any police.

[00:38:04]>> Were you feeling remorse when you were unloading the Impala and putting all of that evidence into the Forerunner? Did you feel remorse?

[00:38:13]>> Sir, I told you I don't remember how I was feeling or what I was thinking in those days, >> Mr. Gathright, you have led, you would agree with me, an extremely privileged life, haven't you?

[00:38:29]>> Yes, sir. You would agree with that, correct?

[00:38:31]>> I would.

[00:38:31]>> You've had a loving mother, correct?

[00:38:33]>> Yes, sir.

[00:38:34]>> A loving sister, correct?

[00:38:35]>> Yes, sir.

[00:38:37]>> You've had two wonderful grandmothers, correct?

[00:38:42]>> Yes, sir.

[00:38:42]>> You would agree with me, right?

[00:38:44]>> I couldn't deny that.

[00:38:45]>> One of which probably, I'm assuming, sacrificed and paid for you to go to that private school, that preparatory school. Correct.

[00:38:54]>> Um, it wasn't paid. It was a magnet program, so I had to apply. And it was a lottery system.

[00:39:01]>> It was a lottery system. Okay. So, it was a magnet.

[00:39:04]>> Yes, sir.

[00:39:04]>> All right. She supported you going there, did she not?

[00:39:08]>> Everybody did.

[00:39:08]>> Gave you open use of her house, welcomed you, treated you, and um parented you basically, didn't she?

[00:39:16]>> Yes, sir.

[00:39:17]>> Took care of you when your parents were deployed. Correct.

[00:39:20]>> Uh yes, sir. At the time, I was living with my grandmother. Um both of my parents had been retired or uh out out of the military. I was just living there more so um >> I needed a change of scenery and my relationship with my father wasn't sustainable.

[00:39:40]>> Okay. This is when you're in Oxford with your grandmother.

[00:39:43]>> Yes, sir.

[00:39:43]>> The the nice lady we saw earlier came in here.

[00:39:46]>> Yes, sir.

[00:39:46]>> The one that has supported you and spoke so lovingly about you. Correct.

[00:39:50]>> Yes, sir. And so you went to this preparatory school and whether you got in there through a lottery or not, you would agree with me. Not everybody gets to go to a school like that. Correct.

[00:40:00]>> Uh the the lottery school that the magnet school I went to was in middle school when I was living in Jacksonville. The school I went to uh in Oxford, it was just a public high school.

[00:40:09]>> A public high school. Okay. My mistake.

[00:40:11]So you went to that preparatory school in Jacksonville.

[00:40:14]>> Yes, sir.

[00:40:15]>> But again, that school was not something that every kid gets to go to, right?

[00:40:19]>> Oh, sir. Not every kid gets to have a counselor and a role model like Mr. Edwards. Correct.

[00:40:25]>> No sir. I was very blessed.

[00:40:26]>> And not many children get to fly in planes with their stepfather. Correct.

[00:40:33]>> Uh, no sir.

[00:40:34]>> And and fly around in Asia and get to see islands off the coast of Okinawa.

[00:40:40]Correct.

[00:40:41]>> No sir. Officer blessed.

[00:40:43]>> Very. You are very blessed, aren't you?

[00:40:44]>> Yes sir.

[00:40:46]>> And not every kid gets to go to Scotland, right? No sir.

[00:40:50]>> Or Ireland.

[00:40:51]>> Shout out to the military brats.

[00:40:52]>> No sir.

[00:40:53]>> Or we had it good.

[00:40:54]>> Or Spain.

[00:40:55]>> No sir.

[00:40:57]>> Cape Town or Johannesburg. Or both in South Africa.

[00:41:01]>> Cape Town.

[00:41:02]>> Cape Town. Beautiful city, right? You got to go experience that when you were growing up. Correct.

[00:41:07]>> I did.

[00:41:08]>> Because you had such loving people around you supporting you. Correct.

[00:41:11]>> Yes, sir.

[00:41:12]>> In fact, your grandmother went with you on that trip, did she not? Or not on that one, but on the ones to Europe.

[00:41:17]Correct. Yes, sir. Yeah. Yes, sir.

[00:41:19]>> And we heard you got to meet up with in one of those trips. Correct.

[00:41:22]>> I did. I had the privilege.

[00:41:24]>> So, you always had someone there taking care of you and you always had good, strong male role models, including people at your grandmother's church and your stepfather, Mr. Harrington.

[00:41:35]Correct.

[00:41:36]>> I had uh male role models in my life growing up. Um, but in my more formative years, more so 16 to 18, I didn't I did not have a relationship with my father. And the male role models that came and testified, they were present, but not intimately as whenever I was younger, maybe middle school years. Um, but when I when I turned around 16 to 18, it was the females that actually had that that caregiving and, you know, nurturing relationship with me. But, >> thank you for clarifying that. I appreciate it. So, >> towards towards the more recent years, >> I didn't have that one-on-one and very close relationship with, you know, those male role models in my life. You know, you heard my stepfather say, you know, after the divorce, >> I I did hear that, Mr. Chance. Let me stop you, okay? And we'll go back to my question. I'm sorry, >> Mr. Gather.

[00:42:40]>> I'm sorry. I keep calling you that, Mr. Gather. Um, >> that's tough.

[00:42:44]>> Let me go back >> to what you said earlier.

[00:42:47]>> That's his poor mother.

[00:42:48]>> 16 and 18, >> he didn't have a male role model. Is that what you're telling the jury? I'm not saying I didn't have any male role models, but daytoday, you know, young men need strong.

[00:43:00]>> That's not what I asked. I asked if you had a male role model between 16 and 18.

[00:43:05]>> I had a figure that I could go to, but not intimately.

[00:43:11]>> Mr. Edwards, right?

[00:43:13]>> Yes, sir.

[00:43:13]>> He had stayed in contact with you even when you graduated into high school, correct?

[00:43:18]>> Uh, yes. Yes, sir. We we definitely maintained a relationship, but >> And he seemed to be pretty enthusiastic about that, right?

[00:43:26]>> Yes, sir. Yes.

[00:43:26]>> In fact, you went on a cruise with him at some point, did you not?

[00:43:29]>> Yeah, when I was younger. Yes. We had a very close relationship.

[00:43:32]>> And then from what you're saying, if I understand it right, the females, I'm assuming you're talking about your grandmothers and your mom >> stepped into the gap.

[00:43:42]>> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. It was grandmother's, mother, sister. So, let me let me get see if I got this right.

[00:43:49]When you were being brought up and you were being brought up by a mother who was enlisted or an officer in the military, an officer, wasn't she?

[00:43:57]>> Uh, I don't know exactly what her rank is. I know she was a sergeant, >> but in the Marine Corps.

[00:44:04]>> Yes, sir. She was in the Marine Corp.

[00:44:06]>> All right. And then you had a stepfather for the Air Force, right?

[00:44:10]>> Yeah. He was Yeah, he was >> from the time you were three all the way up to when they divorced in 2020. Yes, sir.

[00:44:16]>> All right. They taught you right from wrong, correct?

[00:44:21]>> Yes, sir.

[00:44:22]>> And we heard that from your grandmother, right?

[00:44:24]>> Of course. Yes, sir.

[00:44:25]>> Miss Lyall, she told you. She told us the same thing, >> right?

[00:44:29]>> They brought you up in the church. They taught you about the Ten Commandments.

[00:44:33]They taught you about right from wrong, did they not?

[00:44:35]>> They did.

[00:44:36]>> All right. And they were excellent role models about living their living your life in a disciplined, honest, and right way. Correct. And being law-abiding.

[00:44:46]Correct.

[00:44:48]>> They really didn't have to worry about me. You know, I >> Well, let me just answer my question.

[00:44:52]Would you agree with what I'm telling you >> that they were excellent role models of how to live a moral life?

[00:44:58]>> Yes, sir. I They definitely instilled the foundation.

[00:45:05]>> May I have one moment, your honor?

[00:45:06]>> Yes.

[00:45:09]>> I have nothing else, your honor.

[00:45:10]>> Dang. Be right.

[00:45:16]That's tough.

[00:45:18]>> Mr. Gather, despite living I think I did that.

[00:45:24]Despite having what you called a blessed upbringing, you still find yourself here today, right?

[00:45:30]>> Unfortunately.

[00:45:32]>> Um, where you had lived, we heard about Mississippi. And was Jacksonville different than where you had lived previously?

[00:45:39]Jacksonville was unlike any other city that I've been lived in or visited or any other country. The cultures, the neighborhoods, the people, it's completely different.

[00:45:53]>> And how old were you when you kind of started experiencing that culture shock?

[00:45:58]>> Um, so I moved when I moved to Jacksonville, I was about nine or 10 years old. Um, you know, I didn't really know. a victim.

[00:46:07]>> The streets were quote unquote the streets were >> um >> it was more whenever I got to high school and I wanted to leave the magnet school that I was at. I wanted to be at more of a neighborhood school to be around the people I grew up with cuz at the magnet schools it's 30 45 minutes away. I you know didn't really know anybody that I wasn't as close as the people who I grew up with. Um so around high school that's when I started hearing about you know and seeing you know the different things like you know the drugs and people dying and you know stuff like that and I was caught completely off guard but I was curious like what is what is this you know listening to the music like I was just like caught off guard like I'd never experienced something like that especially living in Japan and you know living in different states around the world I mean or in the in the country just they didn't have what Jacksonville had >> and we've heard from a lot of people that knew you and I think it's been a pretty consistent theme that you were mature and you know smart and interested in things um but you were still what how old around that time >> um I was 14 15 you know I definitely would consider myself to be smart and you know mature for my age but >> still curious >> I was still I I was still a young boy, you know. I still am a young man.

[00:47:32]>> You think you were kind of impressionable?

[00:47:35]>> I was definitely I would characterize myself as, you know, >> the heck out of this guy.

[00:47:41]>> Impressionable and Yeah.

[00:47:45]>> And so despite that upbringing, are you finding yourself, you know, you're in a different culture now, but you still want to be as successful as you can?

[00:47:55]>> Yeah. So being in the jail, you know, I'm, you know, I'm by myself, especially in a city so far away. I don't know anybody. So I took this time to focus back in on myself and just get back to the basics. You know, what I know, you know, and without anybody being in my ear or influencing me, you know, I cut out the noise. You know, there's not many distractions in jail, you know, is the same thing every day. So I started to work out and, you know, programs, try to educate myself more, plan, you know, stuff like that. I actually everybody asks themselves or everybody asks God for things, you know, what we want from what what we want God to do for us. But a lot of the times we don't ask what God wants from us.

[00:48:38]>> And so I've he want from me, you know, I'm asking all these things from you.

[00:48:44]What you want from me? And he told me that he's calling me like I feel like my calling or what he told me was to be there for the youth, serve the youth, keep them from going down similar paths because there's a better way and the streets is not the way. The streets are not the way.

[00:49:02]>> Even having everything >> streets are lame, >> privilege and church and grandmas and you still can find yourself going down a wrong path, right?

[00:49:09]>> Objection leading.

[00:49:12]>> She's leading the heck out of this guy.

[00:49:14]I'm surprised they didn't object earlier.

[00:49:15]>> And you feel that that's your calling?

[00:49:17]>> Yes. I went >> objection nonresponsive.

[00:49:20]>> Um well, I think it's more asked and answered, but you go ahead and answer.

[00:49:24]Yes or no?

[00:49:26]>> He said yes.

[00:49:27]>> Yes.

[00:49:29]>> What you were describing?

[00:49:30]>> Yes. Yes. I I do.

[00:49:33]>> Um >> I would like to wait for a question. Okay. Mr. Catherine.

[00:49:39]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:49:42]He wants to give a speech.

[00:49:44]>> No further questions.

[00:49:46]>> Okay, very good. Um, all right, members of the have you step in just two minutes.

[00:49:49]>> Very good, guys.

[00:49:53]Very good. Let me know what y'all think in the comments in the chat. I took a poll in the chat and asked you guys, do you believe Sean Gight? Right now, we're at 8020. It looks like 80% of y'all said no. 20% of you say yes. Let me know what you think. Shout out to everybody who voted. Uh, I don't know about this one.

[00:50:14]We have to go back. We may listen to his mother and sister's testimony tomorrow.

[00:50:18]I have one more story I wanted to get to uh for y'all before I let you out of here.

[00:50:25]This is tough. This young man wasted his entire life for what? For what? For what?

[00:50:33]That's my question. I know. Get I get it. I was 18. I was 20. I was impressable. I was not in the streets.

[00:50:39]Trust me. But I was doing things I shouldn't have been. I'm sure most of us have been there.

[00:50:45]But I mean, at that point, you could think you can think for yourself. Why am I doing this? What's the purpose of doing this? What is this going to get me? I mean, I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't get it. Let me know what y'all think.

[00:51:02]I'm going to read a couple of your comments, too. Thank you to everybody who's in here. Y'all are showing major love right now.

[00:51:10]Let's see what y'all are saying up in the chat.

[00:51:14]Why did we get to the moms and women raising him? Always the story. I wanted to connect I wanted to connect with the hood. You don't raise him, somebody else will. Why is his memory clear on some points but not on others? The same as all witnesses who aren't being truthful.

[00:51:31]He is smart. He did what he had to do in Jacksonville. I'm from there and lived on the east side. people wouldn't understand until you live there. Listen, Elijah, there's hoods everywhere. And to say he was smart, what? Come on now.

[00:51:47]Come on. Come on. To say to say he was smart, I think you were way pushing that one, brother. I I love you, man. But to say to say he's smart, I I don't see it. Um I don't see it. Maybe he's articulate, but the smart part, I don't see it. This doesn't listen. Because if he if he's smart, then he would have he could have been able to take a make a risk analysis and see, man, what is what am I actually going to get out of this? If I do it, if I get caught, if I don't get caught, what is it really worth for me to go out there and and shoot this guy up? That doesn't sound like a smart person to me.

[00:52:35]I don't know.

[00:52:36]What a waste of potential. I have zero sympathy for him. I don't think most people do. He couldn't admit he couldn't admit remorse. He sounded like he was remorseful. He sounded remorseful. He's stupid. He's going to prison for 20 years. He's never getting out of prison.

[00:52:52]20 years. I mean, he'll be lucky if he doesn't get the death penalty.

[00:52:57]And then the way the the way the prosecution broke it down with him having so many opportunities. He named countries that most people wouldn't even imagine visiting. He's been to more countries than most adults have or will in their entire life, opportunity after opportunity after opportunity. And no, this is not the sentencing portion. This is the penalty phase. So this is day two of the penalty phase for these four gentlemen. I think uh Sean's probably going to be the last one to testify. I can't imagine any more of them testifying and uh having a disaster like this. So, let's go ahead and get into this next topic. This one's going to be interesting. Now, we haven't talked about this much on this channel, but this story is absolutely crazy. So, we've got to talk about the gentleman who is accused of stealing Beyonce's unreleased music. this man got a hold of her music and put it out there for everybody uh potentially costing Beyonce and the owners of her music a lot of money. So, he's actually going to plead guilty here. And we're going to get into the trial. Check this out from News 2.

[00:54:03]>> Opening statements are set to begin in the trial of the man accused of stealing Beyonce's unreleased music here in Atlanta. Channel 2 Action News broke the story last summer. On Channel 2 Action News at 4, we told you how Beyonce's choreographer will take the stand. New this hour, Channel 2's Michael Seiden live outside the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta with the other evidence the jury's going to see too. Michael >> and George, speaking of that jury, uh we have a photographer right now inside the courtroom. He says they are still picking the final jurors who will eventually decide this defendant's future. But in the meantime, we know there are going to be 14 witnesses who are going to be testifying on behalf of the prosecution. And we know one of those witnesses is actually Beyonce's choreographer >> from a viral 911 call about stolen Beyonce music.

[00:54:50]>> They have my computers and it's really really important information in there.

[00:54:53]Like I work with um uh someone who is like of a high status >> to a jury trial in downtown Atlanta. The case that quickly made international headlines is now about to play out inside a Fulton County courtroom.

[00:55:07]>> There are some things to go over preliminarily >> on Monday. Calvin Evans, the man accused of stealing the Grammy award-winning superstars unreleased tracks, sat quietly between his attorneys as prosecutors and defense lawyers questioned the men and women who could decide his future. Investigators say it was July of 2025 when surveillance cameras inside a parking garage at Crag Street Market captured Evans breaking into an SUV right before Beyonce's Atlanta stopped on her cowboy cree 2 on her cowboy Carter tour. Now, police say the Jeep Wagon Ear was rented by members of Beyonce's choreography team, who later called 911 to report the stolen items. Investigators say the men had left the SUV in the parking deck while they stopped to get something to eat and returned to find the back window damage.

[00:55:52]Now, Evans has pleaded not guilty to one felony count of entering an automobile with intent to commit theft and one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass.

[00:56:01]Police arrested him last September after Hateville officers discovered he had an active warrant out of Atlanta.

[00:56:09]Yeah, and since this happened, we've been reaching out to Beyonce's team. We have not heard back. Also, I can tell you that if convicted, Evans could face up to six years in prison. Also, he remains in custody tonight. That's because he is serving prison time for a parole violation. We're live in downtown Atlanta, Michael Seiden, Channel 2 Action News.

[00:56:48]Okay. All right. Uh again, we are uh in the proceeding of the state of Georgia versus Mr. Kelvin Evans. I don't think I need to to do this again, but this is case number 25 SC 0006417.

[00:57:02]The defendant is present in court with his council and uh Miss Anna Wright representing the state of Georgia, Mr. Marquez Jones. Uh the court is informed that um there is a plea to be taken and I will turn these proceedings over to Mr. Jones.

[00:57:17]>> Mr. Evans, please raise your right hand as best you can.

[00:57:21]Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you should give in this matter currently before the court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

[00:57:28]>> Sir, yes, sir.

[00:57:28]>> You may lower your hand. Please state your true, correct, and legal name.

[00:57:32]>> Kevin L.

[00:57:34]>> And are you at this time taking under the taking or under the influence of any alcohol, drugs, or medicine?

[00:57:40]>> No sir.

[00:57:40]>> Is there a medication that you normally take that you've not been given today?

[00:57:43]>> No sir.

[00:57:44]>> How old are you and how far have you gone in school?

[00:57:47]>> I went to like um lamb grade. Really?

[00:57:50]I'm 39, but they got on four to one. So, I'm 39 in real.

[00:57:53]>> Okay.

[00:57:53]>> But I ain't under no influence.

[00:57:56]>> Okay.

[00:57:57]>> Do you have a GED?

[00:57:58]>> I'm in now. So, I'm like probably like a month away from taking it. I'm receiving it.

[00:58:04]>> Okay. Are you able to read, write, and understand the English language?

[00:58:08]>> Yes, sir.

[00:58:12]Do you understand that you have been charged with count one entering automobile and count two criminal trespass?

[00:58:20]>> Yes, sir.

[00:58:20]>> Do you understand you have a right to either plead guilty or not guilty to these charges? And if you were to plead not guilty, you have a right to a jury trial?

[00:58:27]>> Yes, sir.

[00:58:28]>> Have you had enough time to speak with your lawyer, Miss Wright, about all of the facts and circumstances known to you regarding the charges, including any potential defenses?

[00:58:35]>> Yes, sir.

[00:58:35]>> Do you need more time to discuss this case with your lawyer?

[00:58:38]>> No, sir.

[00:58:38]>> Are you satisfied with her services?

[00:58:40]Yes, sir.

[00:58:40]>> Miss Wright, do you wave formal reading of the indictment and do you wave any and all defects in the indictment?

[00:58:45]>> I do.

[00:58:46]>> Mr. Evans, do you understand that you are pleading guilty to count one entering automobile, the minimum is one year, the maximum is 5 years. Count two, criminal trespass, the minimum is one one day, the maximum is 12 months.

[00:58:58]>> Yes, sir.

[00:58:59]And do you understand that if you are sentenced as a recidivist under 17-107B or C, you will serve the entire prison portion of that sentence imposed without the possibility of parole. And that is true regardless of any advice by anyone else or your attorney?

[00:59:17]>> Yes, sir.

[00:59:18]>> And do you understand that the state is not withdrawing the recidivist notice that we filed?

[00:59:21]>> Yes, sir. Um do you understand that this is a joint recommendation from the state and the in the defense of uh count one entering automobile is five years to serve two and confinement balance probate count two criminal trespass is going is going to merge into the entering automobile. Do you understand that?

[00:59:40]>> Yes sir.

[00:59:41]>> Do you understand that the court does not have to accept that recommendation and the court can senses you to the maximum on each charge and can run those sentences consecutive or one after the other?

[00:59:50]>> Yes sir.

[00:59:53]And do you understand that this plea may be used to enhance sentencing on other convictions in this jurisdiction as well as in other jurisdictions including the federal court?

[01:00:02]>> Yes, sir.

[01:00:03]>> Are you currently on probation or parole?

[01:00:06]>> No, sir. I'm serving the remain of my time parole now.

[01:00:08]>> All right. Um, do you understand that if you are currently on probation or parole, your probation or parole may be revoked based off of you're entering a guilty plea today?

[01:00:16]>> Yes, sir. And do you understand that if you are placed on probation of any kind, you cannot violate any criminal laws of any governmental unit um or special conditions of probation without being subject to the revocation for the balance of the sentence?

[01:00:28]>> Yes, sir.

[01:00:29]>> Do you understand that you are not allowed to uh possess or use a firearm while on probation?

[01:00:34]>> Yes, sir.

[01:00:35]>> Are you a United States citizen?

[01:00:37]>> Yes, sir. Do you understand that neither the court, your attorney, nor the district attorney's office has anything to do with parole, the department of corrections, the board of pardon and parole leaves, and no one can guarantee parole no matter what anyone has told you?

[01:00:50]>> Yes, sir.

[01:00:51]>> Do you understand that there may be other adverse or unfavorable consequences as a result of this guilty plea just as they'll be from a conviction following the trial. For example, your guilty plea may affect the right to vote, the right to hold public office, the right to serve on a jury, the right to obtain a passport, the right to receive, possess, or transport a firearm, or the ability to obtain employment.

[01:01:10]>> Yes, sir.

[01:01:11]>> Do you understand that by pleading guilty to a felony, if you use, receive, possess, transport a firearm, or use a firearm in a crime in the future, you will be guilty of an additional felony, which could car which could carry one to 15 years in prison.

[01:01:23]>> Yes, sir. Do you understand that you wave any and all defenses, including any mental health defenses, by entering a plea of guilty? Yes, sir.

[01:01:30]>> Do you understand that by pleading guilty, you're giving up the following rights? They're going to be about eight or nine of them. I'm going to read all of them, then I'll come back to you and ask you if you understand you're giving up those rights. The right to a trial by jury. The right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself. The right to confront witnesses against you. The right to the assistance of counsel hired by you to court upon the council if you cannot afford an attorney at a trial of your case. The right to the presumption of innocence. The right to testify on your own behalf and to present other evidence. The right to subpoena witnesses and compel the production of evidence. The right to have the charges um against you prove beyond a reasonable doubt. And the right to appeal if convicted of these charges out there trial. Do you understand that? by pleading guilty of giving up each and every one of those rights that I just mentioned.

[01:02:09]>> Yes, sir.

[01:02:10]>> Has anyone forced, threatened, or permished you anything to get you to enter a guilty plea?

[01:02:14]>> No, sir.

[01:02:15]>> Is it your decision to wave these rights that we just talked about and enter guilty plea because you are in fact guilty?

[01:02:22]>> I ain't going to say I'm in fact guilty, but doing it for the best of my knowledge.

[01:02:27]>> Well, I'm guilty.

[01:02:28]>> All right. So, let's go back. Is it your decision to wave these rights that um that we just talked about and anti-guilty plea because you are in fact guilty? Yes, >> sir. How do you plead to the charges? Uh um as to indictment number 25 SC00006417.

[01:02:42]How do you plead the charge count one entering automobile and count two criminal trespass?

[01:02:47]>> Yes.

[01:02:47]>> Is this guilty free freely and voluntarily given with full knowledge of the charges against you?

[01:02:51]>> Freely.

[01:02:52]>> Do you understand that you may have only a limited right to appeal this guilty plea conviction?

[01:02:56]>> Yes, sir.

[01:02:56]>> And do you understand that you have 30 days from today to file a direct appeal?

[01:03:00]>> Yes, sir. And do you understand that you have from 30 days from today until the end of the term of court, whichever one is longer, to file a um motion seeking to withdraw your guilty plea? Yes, sir.

[01:03:10]>> And do you understand that you only have a felony charge and 12 months today for a misdemeanor charge to file a habius corpus petition challenging the voluntariness/constitutionality of this guilty plea? Yes, sir. Your honor, if I can just have one second.

[01:03:23]>> Yes.

[01:03:57]and your honor. Um, I'm going to start with the defendants with the factual basis for this particular plea. Um, going to talk through while the video is actually playing.

[01:04:18]Can I ask just one thing?

[01:04:29]>> Okay, sorry.

[01:04:33]>> So, now they're about to show some of the evidence. And actually, I'm not going to play all this. I'm going to skip through some of it, but I want to get to this part of the video that we would have seen if we went through the whole thing. Shout out to Cat Not Williams for posting this over on X. She said, "Kelvin Evans, the man accused of stealing Beyonce's unreleased music in Atlanta, apparently told the police he was the King thief of Atlanta. Not no more." Evans took a plea this morning.

[01:04:57]He was sentenced to 5 years with two to serve in prison. The rest is going to be on probation. Here's that moment when that happened.

[01:05:04]>> It is at that time she gives those statements. Officers um perform a search a search warrant on the on the premise.

[01:05:12]Unfortunately, they were unable to locate those particular items. The defendant does give a does give a statement to officers in which he refers to himself as the as the King thief of Atlanta and that he he says that um somebody came to him and told him what was in the suitcases. However, his niece also gives a statement in which she says, "I got an an iPhone and I got a lot of chargers from it." the victims would have testified that their iPhones were taken and their their multiple their multiple charges. Um, that's the basis for the entering auto and the criminal trespass as it as it relates.

[01:05:53]>> All right, so there's that part. Let's just go back and then hear what the judge had to say.

[01:05:57]>> Taking responsibility for his actions.

[01:05:58]He has already been revoked on his parole due to this case.

[01:06:04]>> It's wild out here, guys.

[01:06:06]Um, she is three.

[01:06:08]>> He should have known better >> and he is looking forward to putting this relatively large part of his life behind him um and hoping for a future where he can um make money legitimately um part of society just like the rest of us. Um, and I think that this resolves um this resolves uh and gives each party, the state and the defense um what they both need to move on. We ask that you accept it.

[01:06:37]>> All right. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Evans, I have some questions for you, sir. Did you understand the questions asked of you this morning by the attorney for the state of Georgia?

[01:06:46]>> Did you understand the questions asked of you by Mr. Jones? The attorney for the state?

[01:06:51]>> Yes, ma'am.

[01:06:51]>> Okay. And and he asked you among other things about >> Come on, man. about whether you understood and whether you appreciated that you were waving certain very important or giving up certain very important constitutional rights in order to enter this plea. Do do you remember his asking those questions?

[01:07:07]>> Do you understand those questions?

[01:07:08]>> Yes.

[01:07:09]>> And so the question to you is is that what you want to do? Do you want to give up the right right to trial by jury, right to cross-examine witnesses, all the other rights that uh belong to you right now? Do you want to give those up in order to enter this plea >> and get a felony? Did say it one more time for me.

[01:07:25]>> Yes, ma'am.

[01:07:26]>> Okay. All right. And um and let me just let me just ensure that you you understand what we're doing. When this uh when we are finished with this proceeding, this matter will be over. Do you understand that, sir?

[01:07:37]>> Yes, ma'am.

[01:07:37]>> Except pursuant except for your appeal rights with the state has read to you.

[01:07:42]Okay. Is there anything further before um I announce the sentence?

[01:07:47]>> Not from the >> Okay. State.

[01:07:49]>> Nothing from the state.

[01:07:50]>> Okay. Um first of all, I do find that Mr. Evans is entering his plea willingly, freely, knowingly and voluntarily. I do believe that there are facts giving rises giving rise to the charges uh in this case. I do find that um the uh both the state and the defense have referenced the fact that there is enough doubt or to use their word uncertainty or discrepancies in the evidence uh to recommend to the court uh the sentence being recommended. I want to note that. I want to also note that the um recidivism notice is not being withdrawn by the state. So that remains in place. Therefore, I do accept the joint recommendation of both the state and the defense and sentence as follows.

[01:08:38]On count one, the court here sentences Mr. Evans 5 years to serve two years with the balance probated and on count and count two would then merge into count one. So, this gonna be in there a while under 17-10-7 uh sub uh B and C. Um and the in so far as the probation is concerned, are there any conditions other than stay away from the um I I would say stay away from the location and uh stay away from the victim's name.

[01:09:14]>> And we would ask for it to unexplicitly say no further violations of of the law.

[01:09:19]>> Okay. And subject definitely to no further violations of the law.

[01:09:23]>> Yeah, that seems pretty fair and reasonable. What do y'all think about this? the uh self-proclaimed King Thief of Atlanta. He's going to be behind jar bars for a little while. Interesting case in this situation. Hey, man. Thank goodness they got the Thank goodness they got the computer back cuz I'm sure there's it could have been a lot worse.

[01:09:41]Let me know what y'all think. All right, guys. I've held y'all up here enough.

[01:09:44]Thank you for the love. I got to read a couple super chats and then I'mma set y'all free. Shout out to my guy Mr. Brown. He never leaves a comment, but he's always active in the chat. Just showing love with the 20 bomb. Thank you, my friend. Mr. Brown, always good to see you in here. I appreciate you showing love and always good to see you in the chat as well. It's been a journey with Mr. Brown. I know it. But glad to see you in here. He better shut up and say thank you. U Oh yeah. Thank you for the blessings, too. Y'all heard me over there sneezing. Oh my gosh. At least he is smart enough not to go to a jury trial. Yeah. I mean, the most he could have gotten was six, I believe. So, at least this way, he got five. He has to do he has to serve two. So, it is what it is. All right, y'all. I'm going to let you guys get up out of here. We will be back tomorrow. So, make sure you stay tuned in for that. If you haven't yet, subscribe, hit the notification bell so you don't miss anytime we go live or drop a new video. Y'all, please go subscribe to the Jury of Your Peers channel. It's actually going to take you right over there where we'll start the um day two of the penalty phase for the four defendants in this case. So, make sure y'all go over there, subscribe, hit the notification bell as well. And if you haven't, like the video on your way out. As always, I appreciate y'all. You know what to do. Keep growing, keep pushing, keep it classy. We gone. Peace.

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