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Forbidden Love – Robert Bentley's Secret Love Affair – Part 3

By Donald V. Watkins
Copyrighted and Published via Facebook on September 11, 2015

Bentley's Real Executive Protection

George L. Beck, Jr., is the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, which includes Montgomery.

President Obama appointed Beck to the top federal prosecutor's job in Montgomery in 2011. Beck's Senate confirmation took a mere three months from the date of his nomination, even in the midst of a gridlocked Congress, because Beck enjoyed the support and loyalty of Alabama's two Republican senators, as well as its Republican governor and state attorney general. For all practical purposes, Beck is a "closet" Republican.

Beck received his law degree from the University of Alabama, where he was a law school classmate and personal friend of David Byrne, Governor Robert Bentley's chief legal advisor. Over the years, the two men formed a very close personal and professional bond. They also practiced law in the same law firm for many years, and Byrne's son was even a partner in Beck's law firm. Byrne and Beck, along with their wives, hang out together socially. It would therefore appear that Byrne holds significant sway over Beck.

Byrne eventually became one of Beck's most trusted confidants, especially after Beck became U.S. Attorney. By late 2012, Bentley realized that he could effectively commandeer the U.S. Attorney's office in Montgomery through Byrne's close relationship with Beck. This allowed Bentley to use Beck's office, including its broad prosecutorial discretion, as a tool to protect the governor from potential public corruption charges.

In light of the laundering of Bentley's leftover campaign funds and his use of state property for personal gain, one might say that Bentley is in desperate need of Beck's protection. Because of the strong Byrne-Beck relationship, Bentley feels confident that he has Beck under control. As a prophylactic measure in case he is wrong, Bentley has secured the services of Joe Espy, a Montgomery attorney and fellow University of Alabama trustee, to handle any potential criminal exposure for using state resources and campaign funds to carry on his illicit love affair.

Bentley diverted attention away from his secret love affair for three years, in part, by launching a $2 million high-profile investigation of financial management practices at Alabama State University, a historically black college. Bentley referred the preliminary results of this investigation to Beck, as well as a handpicked Republican state prosecutor in Pickens County. This diversionary tactic played on the worst instincts of white Alabamians and severely crippled ASU because of the heavy negative media coverage regarding the investigation. Thirty-six months and two grand jury investigations later, no ASU money was found to be missing or otherwise unaccounted for. No ASU trustee or administrator was ever charged, criminally or civilly, with any financial wrongdoing.

Beck's office conducted the federal investigation of ASU and its officials. Beck unleashed a flurry of grand jury subpoenas against ASU and various entities associated with the University. At first, it all seemed to be a legitimate exercise of prosecutorial power.

One of the matters probed by Beck was a "rumor", which was publicly announced by Bentley, that former ASU board chairman Elton Dean secured a contract for a female vendor with whom he was having an extra-marital relationship. On the basis of this "rumor" (not an actual allegation), Beck jumped into action.

Beck's office fired grand jury subpoenas at ASU like bullets. The female vendor was hauled before a federal grand jury and browbeaten by Beck's prosecutors. Despite an intense and lengthy federal investigation, no improper relationship was ever established between Dean and the vendor or with any other ASU official.

To date, not one federal grand jury subpoena has been issued by Beck to Bentley or Rebekah Mason about their love affair. This failure of prosecutorial duty and equal justice is glaring because it has been widely known since 2013 that the governor has been using state resources and campaign funds to fund his love affair with Mrs. Mason. Beck continues to look the other way.

Has Beck simply missed all of the signs of Bentley's misuse of public funds? No he has not. Are allegations of taxpayer-sponsored infidelity worthy of a federal investigation? Apparently they are, as evidenced by the ASU investigation, but not this time. It is interesting that a mere "rumor" of infidelity relating to an ASU trustee could be enough to launch Beck into aggressive action, but the ongoing love affair carried out by Bentley seems to be off-limits.

Why is it that Beck has turned a blind eye to Bentley's not-so-secret affair with Mason while crucifying the individuals associated with the ASU trustee-related "rumor"? Beck, using prosecutorial discretion, has chosen to give Bentley a "pass" on his affair with Mason because David Byrne controls Beck.

A new Justice Department policy announced this week by Attorney General Loretta Lynch just might help to nullify Beck's preferential treatment for Bentley. Stung by years of criticism that it has coddled high-profile white-collarcriminals, the Justice Department issued new policies that prioritize the prosecution of individual employees – not just their companies – and put pressure on corporations to turn over evidence against their executives. In this case, the focus of the Justice Department's investigation might be on Bentley and Mason and not just the companies and organizations that funded their love affair.

Written by Donald V. Watkins

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Donald V. Watkins After Part-4 of the Forbidden Love series has been published, I am turning over all of the information I used to write these articles to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch for an appropriate Justice Department criminal investigation. I now understand why Governor Bentley has lawyered up and is remaining silent.
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Forbidden Love – Robert Bentley's Secret Love Affair – Part 2

By Donald V. Watkins
Copyrighted and Published (via Facebook) on September 9, 2015

Discovering Her Husband's Infidelity

First Lady Dianne Bentley, a 72-year old devout Christian and loving wife, unselfishly gave Governor Robert Bentley 50 faithful years of marriage, birthed and raised four successful sons, sacrificed her own professional career as a bacteriologist to support her husband's career as a physician and legislator, and campaigned tirelessly for her husband's successful election as governor in 2010. Governor Bentley, 72, rewarded her for this steadfast faithfulness and support by engaging in a hot and heavy romance with his senior political advisor, Rebekah Caldwell Mason.

The First Lady overheard the governor's steamy love talk during some of his private phone calls with Rebekah. She also read his text messages, which graphically depicted the nature and scope of the love affair between her husband and his paramour. No further proof of his infidelity was needed.

Devastated and hurt beyond belief, the First Lady knew from the phone calls and text messages that her marriage was over. Rebekah, 43, had stolen Robert Bentley's heart and affection. The only thing left for Dianne Bentley to do was prepare her sons and other family members for the dissolution of the marriage. She chose to accomplish this painful task in two phases. First, she would separate from the governor in January of 2015 and move back to Tuscaloosa, where she is still revered for her work as an advocate for healthy marriages and for being a staunch opponent of domestic abuse. Second, she would begin the arduous task of finding a competent lawyer who was not afraid to sue a sitting governor for her divorce.

Mrs. Bentley's Golden wedding anniversary, on July 24, 2015, sealed the deal. While she was sitting alone in Tuscaloosa and grieving the death of her marriage, the governor was having the time of his life wining and dininghis entourage of groupies on taxpayers' dollars while attending the 2015 National Governors Association summer meeting in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.

Financing the Love Affair

For over a year, the governor seemed oblivious to the hurt and pain he had caused to Mrs. Bentley and his children by his love affair with Rebekah. Since he was re-elected last year, Bentley's primary concern has been figuring out how best to use the financial resources of the state, along withleftover campaign funds and the financial resources of friendly political groups, to support his romantic lifestyle with Rebekah.

In February, Governor Bentley established the Alabama Council for Excellent Government, a 501(c)(4) non-profit corporation. Bentley's former legal advisor Cooper Shattuck formed the Council at Bentley's request. The stated purpose of the organization is to "support Governor Bentley in his efforts to solve real problems and to make Alabama greater, stronger and more excellent for all the hardworking men and women who call this great state our home". In reality, the Council is a slush fund that was set up to (a) fund Bentley's love affair with Rebekah while concealing payments to her from the view of publicoversight and accountability, and (b) stash money for life with Rebekah after the governor's divorce from Mrs. Bentley.

Bentley funded the Council with excess campaign funds left over from his 2014 gubernatorial campaign. The Council has also received a $25,000 contribution this year from AEA and $20,000 from the Alabama Hospital Association.

Adding insult to injury, Bentley took advantage of a legal maneuver at the end of the 2014 campaign that essentially cheated the marital estate out of $500,000 in jointly owned cash and instead channeled it in Rebekah's direction. In a classic money-laundering move, Bentley made a surprising personal loan of $500,000 to his campaign on October 24, 2014. The Bentley campaign then began funneling thismoney to the Council after its formation. From the Council, the money was channeled to Rebekah as"compensation" for whatever services she was rendering to the Governor.

Executive Perks for Rebekah Mason

Bentley also made sure that Rebekah Mason had unfettered access to state trooper transportation, the Governor's mansion (at all times of the night), the state airplane, the Winton Blount mansion in Montgomery (which was donated to the state), and to any other state resource she needed to make herself fully available to the governor for his personal pleasure. After all, Rebekah, in Bentley's mind, was the real "First Lady" of Alabama.

Just this year, Bentley pulled a state employee off of the state plane at the last minute in order to accommodateRebekah as an unscheduled passenger on this out-of-state flight. When the scheduler for this flight questioned thisexecutive action, Bentley chastised the scheduler publicly and unmercifully, shouting that he was the "Governor" and that he could do whatever he wanted to do. Rebekah was said to have been very pleased with this display of Bentley's manhood.

A Policy of Concealment and Silence

Meanwhile, Chief Legal Advisor David Byrne, Chief of Staff Seth Hammett, and other Bentley staffers have been working diligently to conceal evidence of Bentley's secret love affair with Rebekah. They have asked state troopers who were assigned to the governor's security detail to sign confidentiality agreements. They have secured a private attorney to handle Bentley's divorce case. They have also secured Joe Espy, a Montgomery attorney and fellow University of Alabama trustee, to handle the governor's potential criminal exposure for using state resources to carry on his illicit love affair.

To date, Bentley and Rebekah have remained silent about their affair. However, the electronic footprint of the affair is permanent and cannot be erased. These lovers have painted a portrait of their love in their own words through their text messages, for all time. More to come…

Written by Donald V. Watkins

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