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Past Bosworth Lawyer Denies He Gave Advice That Violated Law

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An attorney who worked with former South Dakota political candidate Annette Bosworth says he didn’t give her legal advice that led to her alleged election law violations.

Sioux Falls attorney Joel Arends testified Thursday during Bosworth’s trial for the violations.

Bosworth unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 2014 U.S. Senate race. She’s accused in part of allegedly being out of the country during a time when her petitions to get on the ballot say she was gathering signatures.

She’s pleaded not guilty to perjury and filing false documents.

Bosworth’s defense team says that she was a rookie candidate. They say she took advice from Arends, who told her she could call herself the petitions’ “circulator” because they were under her direction.

Arends says he didn’t give Bosworth that advice.

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