HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s attorney general, her spokesman and her chief of staff were sued in federal court on Monday by a former human resources analyst who says he was fired for recommending the chief be fired over sexual harassment complaints.

George Moore’s complaint against Kathleen Kane, the state, her office and aides Jonathan Duecker and Chuck Ardo says he endorsed Duecker’s firing in April, a day or two before Kane elevated Duecker, a special agent, to become her top administrator. Moore was himself fired in June. “The manner (Moore) was terminated coupled with statements made by (the) defendants that he was escorted from the building and fired for cause suggest immoral activity,” Moore’s lawyers wrote in a 22-page complaint filed in federal court in Harrisburg. “(He) did not engage in any immoral activity as was suggested by (the) defendants’ actions and publications.”

He claims his right to due process was violated by Duecker, Kane and Ardo in how his dismissal was described. He also is suing the office, the state, Kane and Duecker for allegedly violating whistleblower protections in state law. He wants Kane and Duecker removed from their jobs, to be reinstated to his old position and to be awarded damages.

The lawsuit says Moore was brought in to take part in an investigation of Duecker in mid-April after two female employees of the office made sexual harassment allegations.

The complaint says a deputy attorney general accused Duecker of touching her three times in February 2014 at a Hazleton bar, contact the lawsuit describes as physical assaults. The other woman, a drug agent, alleged Duecker made advances at a Christmas party, then came into her bedroom, the lawsuit said.