Former Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro made his latest legal attempt to defend himself against charges in Fulton County, Georgia, Monday, weeks before his case goes to trial, arguing a state court should throw out charges against him for helping orchestrate a “fake electors” scheme that submitted false slates of electors to Congress after the 2020 election—by dubiously claiming they weren’t falsely elected.
Chesebro was indicted in Fulton County for his alleged role in the fake electors plot—part of a broader effort to overturn the 2020 election—in which he allegedly encouraged the Trump campaign and GOP officials to submit false slates of electors to Congress claiming former President Donald Trump, rather than President Joe Biden, had won the states.
Chesebro filed a motion trying to throw out two counts against him that charge him with conspiracy to commit false statements and writings as part of the fake electors scheme, before the case goes to trial.
The indictment alleges Chesebro and other defendants allegedly helped file Georgia’s GOP slate of electors despite knowing it made false claims, describing the electors as “the duly elected and qualified Electors for President and Vice President of the United States of America from the State of Georgia” who “do hereby certify” that Trump won Georgia.
Chesebro claimed in his filing that statement is actually accurate, because “the Republican presidential electors were qualified and elected by the...
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