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R Kelly recently accused prison officials of asking another inmate to murder him in exchange for freedom. Now, the singer, serving 30 years on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, is asking the judge to disqualify the Northern District of Illinois from handling his case.

The ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ artist wants to be released from prison to home detention on a temporary furlough following his allegations against FCI Butner Medium I, which include him accusing them of causing his recent drug overdose.

According to AllHipHop, Kelly’s lawyer, Beau Brindley, filed a motion claiming a former prosecutor engaged in “serious malfeasance.”

“While it is theoretically conceivable that one single AUSA went rogue and participated in all of this misconduct on her own, with neither the participation nor knowledge of any of her colleagues or supervisors in this prosecution, that possibility is both remote and in need of full and impartial investigation,” he said.

“Every single AUSA who worked on the investigation or prosecution of this case has a personal interest in the outcome of this investigation. Every supervisor who oversaw any part of the investigation or prosecution of this case has a personal stake in the results of Mr Kelly’s motion.”

Brindley wants to bring in prosecutors from another district, specifically the Department of Justice in Washington, DC.

Last month, Kelly claimed Mikeal Stine, a leader of the prison gang Aryan Brotherhood, was asked to kill him. Then, it was reported he was rushed to the hospital following a drug overdose, causing him to faint and experience dizziness and loss of vision.

“The threat to Mr Kelly’s life continues each day that no action is taken,” Brindley said. “More AB members are accumulating at his facility. More than one has already been approached about carrying out his murder. One of them will surely do what Mr Stine has not, thereby burying the truth about what happened in this case along with Robert Kelly.”