After attempting to weather a torrid and humiliating sex scandal, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned in disgrace on Monday, smiling for a shuddersome mugshot as he served the first moments of a 30-day sentence in jail.

In the days leading up to the saga’s dramatic climax, a lawyer for the Alabama House Judiciary Committee released a 131-page report detailing Bentley’s adulterous relationship with his former senior political adviser, Rebekah Mason.

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