Rapper Young Thug’s defense lawyer says the judge presiding over the musician’s gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta should be disqualified from the case after last week’s secret meeting between the judge, prosecutors and a state’s witness. Brian Steel’s client, hip-hop star Jeffery Williams, has been on trial since the beginning of 2023, along with five codefendants. Now in its 18th month, it is the longest trial in Georgia history.