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The lawsuit challenges Jones' use of a leadership committee to lend his campaign $10 million.

Carr alleges this practice violates free speech and equal protection, while Jones calls Carr hypocritical for challenging a law he previously defended.

A prior ethics complaint filed by Carr against Jones was dismissed last month.

ATLANTA — Chris Carr, Georgia’s attorney general and a candidate for governor, is suing his Republican primary opponent in federal court over a campaign finance issue.

The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, filed Thursday, follows a complaint by Carr against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones that was dismissed by the State Ethics Commission last month.

In the new case and the old, the complaints involve Jones’ use of a “

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