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riversedge

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Sat Feb 25, 2017, 04:28 AM Feb 2017

Law Professors File Misconduct Complaint Against Kellyanne Conway

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Source: Huff post


POLITICS 02/25/2017 01:21 am ET

Law Professors File Misconduct Complaint Against Kellyanne Conway
“She is behaving in a way that brings shame upon the legal profession,” states letter.


By Mary Papenfuss


Donald Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway should face sanctions for “professional misconduct,” which include repeated lies and ethics breaches, according to a formal complaint filed by 15 law professors across the nation.

“We do not file this complaint lightly,” states the letter filed earlier this week by legal ethics professors from such prestigious universities as Yale, Georgetown, Fordham and Duke. “We believe that, at one time, Ms. Conway understood her ethical responsibilities as a lawyer and abided by them. But she is currently behaving in a way that brings shame upon the legal profession.”

Conway obtained a law degree from George Washington University Law School. She was admitted to the Washington D.C. bar in 1995, though is currently suspended for nonpayment of dues, according to the complaint.

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The letter lists Conway’s lies, including those about the non-existent “Bowling Green Massacre” to justify Donald Trump’s ban against travelers from seven mostly Muslim countries. Not only was there no massacre, but “Ms. Conway knew there was no massacre,” the filing states............................

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conway-legal-misconduct_us_58b10f3de4b0a8a9b7829063



More problems for Conway. So be it.
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