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Georgia election case defendant seeks dismissal of charges due to prosecutor's alleged paperwork error

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Kenneth Chesebro, a defendant in the Georgia election interference case, is seeking to have the indictment against him dismissed based on an alleged paperwork error. Three weeks before the scheduled start of his trial in Fulton County, a defendant in the Georgia election interference case is seeking to have the indictment against him dismissed based on an alleged paperwork error made by one of the lead special prosecutors in the case. Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who drafted legal memos suggesting the use of so-called "alternate electors" to prevent Joe Biden from receiving 270 electoral votes in the 2020 election , is set to go on trial on Oct. 23. But in a filing Wednesday, his attorney alleged that Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who was brought in by the district attorney to help investigate the case, didn't file the oath of office required to join the DA's team. The motion alleges that Wade filled out the oath of office paperwork, but did not fi...

Criminal charges called for against deputies, officer in alleged assault of 2 Black men

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All officers involved in the incident have been fired or terminated. As the investigation involving two Black men allegedly assaulted by one officer and five deputies continues, national activists and Mississippi residents held two press conferences Wednesday urging for criminal charges to be brought against all parties allegedly involved. The men involved, Eddie Terrell Parker and Michael Jenkins, with support from their attorneys and community, also demanded the termination and prosecution of Rankin County Mississippi Sheriff Bryan Bailey "for operating a criminal police department that tortures Black people and American citizens." On Jan. 24, five Rankin County deputies and one Richland Police Department officer entered the residence of Jenkins and Parker without a warrant that resulted in both Black men being beaten, sexually assault ed with a sex toy and shocked with Tasers for roughly 90 minutes while handcuffed, according to the attorneys. According to the lawsuit, o...