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Alabama's Governor has resigned rather than face impeachment over campaign finance violations linked to the cover-up of an extramarital affair.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has resigned after pleading guilty to abusing his office, allegedly to conceal an affair with a political adviser.
[...] The Associated Press describes the scene as the plea agreement was signed:
"Bentley appeared sullen and looked down at the floor during the Monday afternoon session. ...
"The agreement specifies that Bentley must surrender campaign funds totaling $36,912 within a week and perform 100 hours of community service as a physician. He also cannot seek public office again."
The governor, a Republican, was briefly booked into Montgomery jail, according to local media reports, before heading to the state Capitol to announce his resignation.
Republican state Rep. Ed Henry, who had introduced articles of impeachment against Bentley last year, said, "I think we have a great day for Alabama, where justice was done. Corruption was spotted, recognized and dealt with. ... even though it was slower and little more painful than we had anticipated."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 12 2017, @05:52PM (2 children)
I originally assumed him to be a Democrat because there wasn't an (R) after every mention of his name: when a Republican does something wrong the new loves to brand them but when it's a Democrat suddenly there's no letter after their name. Was quite surprised to get halfway through the summary before Republican was even mentioned.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday April 12 2017, @07:14PM
#NeverTrump Republicans get awarded "Strange New Respect" by the media, apparently that now includes the perk of having your party ID eliminated from the headline of negative stories.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 13 2017, @07:44AM
You're a fair-minded person so there couldn't be any confirmation bias going on.