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The Strange Revelation of the Investigation of Alabama's Governor

Robert Bentley appointed a new state attorney general, who promptly disclosed to the public what Senator Luther Strange would not: The governor is under investigation.
Source: Brynn Anderson / AP

Thanks for the appointment, governor: You’re under investigation.

Those weren’t Steven Marshall’s words exactly, but that was the gist of his announcement on Wednesday a few days after Governor Robert Bentley gave him the promotion of a lifetime: He made the local county prosecutor Alabama’s new attorney

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