Gov. Bentley’s Office; House Committee Names Lawyers in Impeachment Probe

High-profile lawyers have been named to both sides in the impeachment investigation against Gov. Robert Bentley, and Alabama’s taxpayers will foot the bill.

Bentley’s office announced Friday that it is hiring Ross Garber, who represented the governors of South Carolina and Connecticut during impeachment proceedings.

Alabama’s House Judiciary Committee named Birmingham attorney Jackson Sharman as its special counsel. That’s a role he had with the U.S. House Banking Committee for the Whitewater investigation during the Clinton administration.

Judiciary Chairman Mike Jones said Sharman will lead the investigation to determine if Bentley committed impeachable offenses. Twenty-three House members signed impeachment articles accusing the governor of corruption and neglect of duty after Bentley admitted making inappropriate remarks to a former aide.

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