MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A white supremacist charged with plotting to kill President-elect Barack Obama and other black people wants his indictment dismissed, arguing that the federal grand jury that charged him had too many black members.Twenty-year-old Daniel Cowart of rural West Tennessee and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman of Helena-West Helena, Ark., face charges including threatening a presidential candidate and taking firearms across state lines to commit crimes. Authorities say the pair plotted a robbery and killing spree in which they would murder dozens of black people, including Obama.Cowart’s lawyer filed a petition Thursday seeking to have his client’s indictment dismissed.It argues that the 23-member grand jury that returned the indictment had just two white members and could not have been fair and impartial.
