Nicola Sturgeon broke the ministerial code will be considered by the investigation into the First Minister, the independent arbiter has confirmed.
Sturgeon has been accused of misleading Parliament with her accounts of when she first knew about sexual harassment allegations made against the former first minister.
She initially told Holyrood she first heard of the sexual misconduct complaints against her predecessor when they met at her home on April 2 2018, but it later emerged she discussed the allegations with Mr Salmond's chief of staff, Geoff Aberdein, in her Holyrood office four days earlier.
The SNP leader told the Holyrood inquiry examining the Scottish Government's botched handling of sexual harassment allegations against Mr Salmond.
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