LINCOLN — An ethics complaint against Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson after the 2020 election was rejected after a legal review concluded that his support of a lawsuit challenging the counting of votes in 2020 wasn’t “purely political.”
Then-State Sen. Ernie Chambers had filed a complaint against Peterson shortly after the 2020 election. He charged that the state’s top lawyer had violated a legal code of conduct for participating in a “frivolous” lawsuit — a Texas-led effort to overturn the defeat of President Donald Trump in four battleground states.
The complaint was similar to one filed Wednesday by a national group, The 65 Project, which is targeting GOP attorneys general who joined in the Texas effort, maintaining that the legal challenge made false claims and was aimed at discrediting U.S. elections.
The new complaint prompted the Examiner to seek a copy of the resolution of the 2020 complaint by Chambers. The report had not previously been made public but was described Wednesday as a “thorough” exoneration by a spokeswoman for Peterson.
In a three-page letter, released late Thursday by the AG’s office, the Nebraska Counsel for Discipline’s Office — which reviews and prosecutes cases of misconduct by lawyers — rejected Chambers’ complaint.
Kent Frobish, the assistant counsel for discipline, said the amicus brief that Peterson joined in support of the Texas lawsuit was “not devoid of legal propositions supported by case law and argument.”
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