Robert Bentley

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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley speaks during a news conference on Friday, April 7, 2017, outside the Alabama Capitol building in Montgomery, Ala. Bentley vowed again he won't resign even as his political troubles mounted and lawmakers said they would move forward with impeachment hearings because of a sex scandal. (Albert Cesare /The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley exits out of the back of the RSA Union Building in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The Alabama Ethics Commission on Wednesday began weighing whether Bentley might have broken the law in a sex-tinged scandal that has engulfed him for the past year. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley exits out of the back of the RSA Union Building in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The Alabama Ethics Commission on Wednesday began weighing whether Bentley might have broken the law in a sex-tinged scandal that has engulfed him for the past year. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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David Byrne, legal advisor for Governor Robert Bentley, attends a meeting of the Alabama Ethics Commission in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday April 5, 2017. The commission went into executive session to discuss the complaint against Gov.Robert Bentley. The 74-year-old governor admitted personal mistakes after recorded phone calls surfaced of him making sexually charged remarks to a female aide. However, he maintains he did nothing illegal. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) /

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Bill Athanas, left, an attorney for Governor Robert Bentley, arrives at a meeting of the Alabama Ethics Commission in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday April 5, 2017. The commission went into executive session to discuss the complaint against Bentley. The 74-year-old governor admitted personal mistakes after recorded phone calls surfaced of him making sexually charged remarks to a female aide. However, he maintains he did nothing illegal. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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Ala., Gov Robert Bentley, far right, talks under a static display of a P-51 Mustang at the Tuskegee Airmen Historic Site during the Leonardo DRS T-100 trainer jet announcement on Thursday, March 30, 2017 in Tuskegee, Ala. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)

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Leonardo President Filippo Bagnato, Leonardo DRS CEO Bill Lynn and Ala., Gov Robert Bentley talk near a model of the proposed T-100 jet trainer at the Leonardo DRS T-100 trainer jet announcement on Thursday, March 30, 2017 in Tuskegee, Ala. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)

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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley holds 5-month-old Emmie Robertson of Montgomery, after launching a statewide Baby Box Program to help improve family healthcare outcomes and reduce Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SUIDS) Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (Julie Bennett /AL.com via AP)

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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley talks with new mothers while launching a statewide Baby Box Program to help improve family healthcare outcomes and reduce Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SUIDS) Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (Julie Bennett /AL.com via AP)

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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley talks with new mothers while launching a statewide Baby Box Program to help improve family healthcare outcomes and reduce Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SUIDS) Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (Julie Bennett /AL.com via AP)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley speaks during the annual State of the State address at the Capitol, in Montgomery, Ala. Bentley's sexually charged phone calls with a younger female aide set off tabloid-like speculation in the Bible-belt state and the state Ethics Commission is preparing to announce whether it believes he broke the law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo, Rebekah Mason claps during Gov. Robert Bentley's speech during the annual State of the State address at the Capitol, in Montgomery, Ala. Bentley is nearing a political and legal crossroads, a year after his relationship with Mason, a former aide who broke up his marriage and tarnished his image. State Auditor Jim Zeigler accused Bentley of using state resources to pursue an affair with Mason, a former television anchor who became so powerful, she was known as Alabama's "de facto governor." (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley speaks during the annual State of the State address at the Capitol, in Montgomery, Ala. Bentley's sexually charged phone calls with a younger female aide set off tabloid-like speculation in the Bible-belt state and the state Ethics Commission is preparing to announce whether it believes he broke the law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)