A case challenging a Navajo Nation presidential candidate's qualifications is headed to court Thursday.
Onetime presidential hopeful Myron McLaughlin filed a grievance against Russell Begaye earlier this month with the tribe's Office of Hearings and Appeals. Arguments are scheduled to start Thursday morning in Window Rock.
Begaye resumed his campaign after Chris Deschene was disqualified from the president's race for failing to show he could speak fluent Navajo.
Begaye placed third in the tribe's primary election and now faces Joe Shirley Jr. in the presidential contest tentatively scheduled for Dec. 23.
The grievance alleges financial improprieties and questions Begaye's loyalty to the tribe. Begaye's attorney, David Jordan, says none of the allegations would disqualify Begaye from the race for the tribe's top elected post.
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