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"The bar's nine-member panel put to rest its investigation into Clackamas County Prosecutor Alfred French when it concluded that the bar was not in a position to determine the veracity of French's statements in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ad, as well as in an affidavit he signed prior to making the ad.

French was suspended for two weeks by the Clackamas County district attorney's office for using office equipment to print an affidavit in which he called Kerry a liar.

Many of those who filed complaints with the Oregon State Bar felt that French, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, had submitted a false affidavit because he relied on the accounts of his fellow soldiers, rather than on personal knowledge of how Kerry behaved.

French maintains that he made it clear in the affidavit that he did not witness all of the events he spoke about."