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