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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, @09:43PM
He also failed to mention how the dominant party in that state trumps up charges against the minority party.
On the subject of Alabama, governors, and intrigue:
Don Siegelman was an immensely popular governor of Alabama.
One problem: He was a Democrat. Can't have that.
Alabama Republicans cooked up a case and got him sent to prison.
The proceedings have been variously described [free-don.us] as "Railroaded", "Kangaroo'd", and (Karl) "Rove'd".
Lined up against him was a real rogue's gallery. [wikipedia.org]
Some of the prosecution's crooked witnesses have been sent to prison since then.
The crooked, partisan judge who sat on the case finally resigned years later. [google.com]
It seems clear that the alternative was going to prison.
He is a real piece of work:
He's a wife beater. The wife he was beating had been his court clerk.
He had been fooling around with her while he was married to someone else.
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