Ore. veteran in anti-Kerry ad placed on leave

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06:32 AM PDT on Friday, August 27, 2004

Associated Press

OREGON CITY, Ore. -- A prosecutor who called John Kerry a liar in a political commercial has acknowledged that he lied about an extramarital affair with a secretary.

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Clackamas County asst. district attorney Alfred French.

The Clackamas County district attorney's office placed Alfred French on a 30-day paid leave while it conducts an investigation, The Oregonian reported in its Friday editions.

French, one of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, has faced scrutiny since the anti-Kerry ad became an issue in the presidential campaign.

French said in the ad and swore in an affidavit, "I served with John Kerry. ... He is lying about his record." French subsequently acknowledged he relied on the accounts of his friends and did not witness Kerry in combat.

Since then, he's faced pickets outside his office and complaints of unethical conduct to the state bar.

French's former boss, James O'Leary, said he asked French about the rumored affair about 10 years ago, but French denied it. O'Leary said he would have fired French if he'd admitted the relationship because it violated office policy.

French, 58, admitted to The Oregonian that he had the affair and denied it to O'Leary.

"It is an indiscretion that occurred during my employment," he said.

The woman in question still works at the district attorney's office but does not report to French, said John Foote, the current Clackamas County district attorney.

Foote declined to say what aspects of French's conduct the office would investigate. But Chief Deputy District Attorney Greg Horner said the investigation is in response to questions raised by The Oregonian.

I guess the old saying holds true ... " Those who live in glass houses " .......


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