Clinton Trying To Keep Law License By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trying to keep his law license, President Clinton argues in still-sealed court papers that he didn't lie in the Monica Lewinsky scandal and deserves no worse than a reprimand, a conservative group that wants him disbarred said Monday. The Southeastern Legal Foundation of Atlanta characterized Clinton's 80-page filing with an attorney disciplinary committee of the Supreme Court of Arkansas as ''attempting to show that his testimony was not 'false' as he defines that term.'' In its 26-page response, the private group says that the president's oft-stated admission that he gave ''misleading'' testimony about his relationship with the former White House intern is grounds enough to disbar him. The private group also argued that Clinton, as a public official, is subject to more stringent standards under Arkansas rules of ethical conduct for attorneys. Regarding his sexual relationship with Lewinsky, ''President Clinton flatly admits that he misled us all, court and public alike,'' says the group. ''He admitted it on national television and he admitted it, repeatedly, in his response to this committee's formal complaints. Even his own lawyers characterized his testimony as 'evasive, incomplete and misleading.''' David Kendall, the president's personal attorney, noted that the foundation gets money from conservative billionaire Richard Scaife and former independent counsel Kenneth Starr helps raise money for the group. ''The foundation isn't interested in issues relating to Arkansas lawyers and legal services, it's just interested in attacking the president in any way it can,'' he said. ''Releasing its paper to the public is just another part of the long-running partisan mudslinging campaign against the president.'' The group's court papers say that in calling for ''a mere reprimand,'' Clinton ''ignores the plain language of the ... most obvious, analogous case of presidential misconduct, that of Richard Nixon.'' Nixon was disbarred by a New York court despite the absence of criminal conviction or impeachment conviction. He resigned before a Senate trial. In their still-unreleased court filing late last month, Clinton's lawyers reviewed hundreds of attorney disciplinary cases in Arkansas to suggest ''that a sanction no harsher and perhaps more lenient than a letter of reprimand would be appropriate,'' foundation president Matt Glavin said at a news conference. Clinton ''is no ordinary Arkansas lawyer,'' the group said in its filing. ''Rather, he is the president of the United States of America and, as such, is held to the model rules requiring the higher ethical standard for attorneys who hold public office, even those who may become litigants or defendants. ''What goes unacknowledged'' by Clinton ''is the tremendous damage that his misconduct has caused to the courts and legal profession in Arkansas and throughout the country,'' the group added. ''It is that consequence of the president's misconduct that he must particularly answer for.'' The group noted that Clinton paid $90,000 and never challenged a civil contempt finding by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright that he lied when he denied a sexual relationship with Lewinsky and testified he couldn't recall being alone with the former White House intern. Imposing fines for civil contempt ''does not mitigate the need to protect the integrity of the legal system,'' said the group, which filed the first complaint seeking revocation of Clinton's Arkansas law license on Sept. 15, 1998. A second complaint arose automatically under state law when Wright found Clinton in contempt on April 12, 1999, for lying about his sexual relationship with Lewinsky. 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