Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy was cleared of ethics charges filed by Sen. Brent Taylor with the Board of Professional Responsibility. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Tennessee Lookout)

The final ethics complaint lodged against Shelby County’s district attorney by a state senator has been tossed.

District Attorney General Steve Mulroy released information showing the fifth and last ethics complaint filed against him by state Sen. Brent Taylor was dismissed by the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, the state body that handles ethics charges against attorneys.

Mulroy, a Democrat, said the Shelby County Republican lawmaker filed “groundless accusations” against him about the way he resolved two different cases, both alleging improper “ex parte” communications — without oppos

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