Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey told state agencies Monday not to cooperate with the federal vaccine mandate and instead put their efforts into filing a lawsuit against the vaccine requirements.
“We’ve been clear, John Merrill’s personal life is just that – personal. But what is not personal is access to state resources like a state vehicle, state cell phone and any other taxpayer funded benefits of being Alabama’s Secretary of State,” Alabama Democratic Party Executive Director Wade Perry said in a statement.
Perry says the Alabama Democratic Party is calling on Attorney General Steve Marshall and other law enforcement officials to open an investigation.
Merrill declined to comment. A spokesman for Marshall also declined to comment.
In 2017, former Gov. Robert Bentley resigned following an impeachment push amid the fallout of his relationship with an aide. But the impeachment effort centered on allegations that Bentley used his office to advance and then cover up the relationship.
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John Merrill’s bright future in Alabama politics faces scandalous end
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In this Tuesday June 25 , 2019 file photo, Secretary of State John Merrill announces that he is running for the U.S. Senate during a news conference at the State Capital Building in Montgomery, Ala. Merrill said Wednesday, April 7, 2021, that he will not run for any elected office the following year because of poor choices he made that impacted his family. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)AP
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Long having an ambition for higher office, John Merrill’s political future is now on hold after the Alabama secretary of state said he would not seek elected office in 2022 and acknowledged he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a woman for three years.
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