(The Center Square) – The Washington State Bar Association formally concluded an investigation into state Attorney General Nick Brown and dismissed a separate complaint against Solicitor General Noah Purcell hours after The Center Square reached out to the senior disciplinary counsel tasked with overseeing both.

The investigation against Brown was launched after a bar complaint was filed in response to an exclusive story by The Center Square. The investigation concerned Brown’s involvement in an amicus brief submitted by the AGO in support of private law firm Perkins Coie’s motion for a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump cancelling the firm’s federal contracts.

Purcell, a former attorney at Perkins Coie who worked on the amicus brief, defended Brown in his bar com

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