Government-watchdog group Democracy Restored has asked the Arkansas Bar Association to investigate whether former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton should retain her license to practice law in the state. The ethics complaint, filed this week and confirmed as received on Wednesday by the Arkansas Supreme Court Office of Professional Conduct, cites the "Dishonesty" and "Prejudice to the Administration of Justice" sections of the Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct. The grievance argues that Clinton, during the 2016 presidential campaign, approved a plan to disseminate unverified information linking rival Donald Trump to Russia in order to distract from scrutiny of her own activities. It relies in part on a recently declassified Senate Judiciary Committee annex that describes her alleged sign-off on the strategy and details her campaign’s reliance on opposition research later discredited in federal investigations. The filing requests a formal review of Clinton’s conduct and potential disciplinary action, up to revocation of her Arkansas law license. No criminal charges have been brought against Clinton in connection with the matter, and her office has not responded publicly to the complaint. The Office of Professional Conduct said the submission will proceed through its standard review process.
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