The American Civil Liberties Union filed an ethics complaint Thursday with the Alabama State Bar Disciplinary Commission accusing U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions of violating the bar's code conduct, Fox News reported.

The former Alabama senator who is an attorney licensed in Alabama is facing criticism due to statements he made during the confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee in January. Chris Anders, deputy director at the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, said in the complaint that Sessions, in both vocal and written statements to committee members, said he "had no contact with the Russians."

Anders mentioned the March 1 Washington Post article which reported that Sessions met with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak twice during the campaign.

Anders said in the complaint that Sessions violated provision 8.4 (c) of the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct which "states that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation."

The ACLU complaint was filed the same day Boston attorney J. Whitfield Larrabee submitted his ethics complaint accusing Sessions of engaging in "unethical and criminal conduct" during his confirmation hearing.

Last week, Sessions recused himself from the investigation concerning communications between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia. Sessions denied accusations that he misled the committee because he met with Kislyak in his capacity as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Anders urged the disciplinary commission to investigate the complaint and Sessions' statements.

"Specific to Mr. Sessions' position as United States Senator at the time of his false statement and his current position of Attorney General of the United States, the Comment to Rule 8.4 provides, 'Lawyers holding public office assume legal responsibilities going beyond those of normal citizens,'" Anders said. "'A lawyer's abuse of public office can suggest an inability to fulfill the professional role of attorney.'"