By Samuel Chamberlain, April 10, 2017

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley [R] resigned Monday amid allegations he used state money to help cover up an affair with a top aide.

Bentley stepped down as part of a plea deal that saw him admit to two misdemeanor campaign and ethics charges. The 74-year-old grandfather of six was given a 30-day suspended jail sentence and a year of probation. The agreement includes provisions that Bentley not seek elected office again, that he repay campaign funds totaling $36,912 within a week and perform 100 hours of community service as a physician.

In a brief statement to his staffers, who applauded as he approached the microphones, Bentley said, "there have been times that I have let you and our people down, and I’m sorry for that."

"I can no longer allow my family and my dear friends … to be subjected to the consequences that my past actions have brought upon them," Bentley added.

Lieutenant Gov. Kay Ivey was sworn in later Monday, becoming just the second female governor in Alabama’s history.

"The Ivey administration will be open. It will be transparent. And it will be honest," she said.

Earlier Monday, state lawmakers began impeachment hearings against Bentley, one day after the Alabama Republican Party's steering committee passed a resolution calling on him to resign immediately.

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At one point, according to the 131-page investigative report, the governor sent the head of his security detail to fetch the recording from his son, Paul Bentley, who responded: "You ain't getting it."

Jack Sharman, special counsel to the state’s House Judiciary Committee, said Bentley “directed law enforcement to advance his personal interests and, in a process characterized by increasing obsession and paranoia, subjected career law enforcement officers to tasks intended to protect his reputation.”

He also said Bentley and his office “did not meaningfully cooperate” with the investigation.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/...ex-scandal.html

An affair with top aid, Rebekah Caldwell Mason. Here's a pic of the love birds.

Feet of clay get so many of us!!! Both married btw...