Beckman urges Judiciary Committee to restart Bentley impeachment hearings
State Representative Paul Beckman (R-Prattville) has joined State Auditor Jim Zeigler’s call to restart the halted impeachment of embattled Alabama Governor Robert Bentley.
“I believe the committee needs to restart its work and resolve this issue already,” Beckman told Inside Alabama Politics. “I feel like the Governor, possibly with help from the attorney general, is trying to run out the clock on this thing.”
Rather than deal with impeachment during the 2016 Regular Legislative Session, the Alabama House of Representatives delayed and postponed any action on determining whether or not Bentley had conducted himself in a criminal, unethical or incompetent matter until the end of the Regular Session. The House then tasked the House Judiciary Committee with giving a recommendation on whether or not the full House should act to impeach Bentley.
The committee has not held any hearings to consider evidence on the matter, making it increasingly unlikely that it will be in any position to make that recommendation when the Regular Session begins on February 7.
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