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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New lawyers for indicted U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah are expected to ask a judge to throw out a corruption case set to go to trial in May.

The 11-term Philadelphia Democrat is accused of accepting bribes and misusing campaign funds and charitable grants to enrich his family and friends.

He has pleaded not guilty and is running for another term. Several Democratic challengers have jumped into the April 26 primary to try to unseat him.

Fattah has brought in big firm lawyers to take over for a small firm that said it could not finance the case when Fattah stopped making payments.

Fattah says he’s focused on campaign fundraising.

The new lawyers set to appear Friday are Mark Lee, Bruce Merenstein and Samuel Silver of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis.