J. Whitfield Larrabee, the lawyer who filed the complaint, is claiming that Sessions violated several provisions of the Bar's rules of professional conduct when he told the Senate Judiciary Committee in January that he "had no contact with the Russians."
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Larrabee is asking the association to investigate his claims because Sessions is an attorney licensed in Alabama. A spokeswoman for the Bar association said she could not confirm that the organization received the complaint because filings are confidential.
In his complaint, Larrabee claimed Sessions violated "adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects," engaged "in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" and "conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.".
Larrabee, who filed complaints with federal prosecutors in New York and Florida alleging bribery, fraud and conspiracy against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, provided AL.com with his complaint against Sessions.
Sessions recused himself last week from any investigations involving communication between the Donald Trump campaign and the Russians after it was revealed that he met twice with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak during the campaign. The attorney general denied any impropriety, maintaining he met with Kislyak in his capacity as ...