Shortly after being accused of tapping state resources to facilitate and hide an affair with former political adviser Rebekah Caldwell Mason, failing to fire a major contribution report, and knowingly converting campaign contributions to his personal use, Robert Bentley resigned his position as Alabama Governor. In the face of the impeachment hearings that began on Monday, Bentley stepped down and Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey was sworn in. Bentley was quoted as saying, ""I have decided it is time for me to step down as governor. I've not always made the right choices. I've not always said the right things. Though I have sometimes failed, I've always tried to live up to the high expectations the people place on the person who holds this esteemed office."
This article was written to inform the readers of Bentley's resignation and to provide the author's analysis of the event. The author calls the whole situation a reflection of a "dysfunctional executive branch plagued by the affair of a Nixonian governor whose 'loyalty shifted from the State of Alabama to himself.'" As the author mentioned, this can relate to Nixon's resignation after he faced impeachment after the Watergate scandal.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/us/alabama-governor-robert-bentley-meeting/index.html
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