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Hubbard's legal counsel was the Democratic former state Attorney General Bill Baxley.<ref name=newrepublic/>  Two months after the indictment, Hubbard won reelection in a landslide on November 4, 2014. He defeated businessman Fred "Sandy" Toomer in the Republican primary,  2,947 (60.2 percent) to 1,948 (39.8 percent). In the November 4 [[general election]], he defeated the Democrat Shirley Scott-Harris, 5,136 (58.5 percent) to 3,535 (40.3 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia/> He was reelected Speaker, 99-1, with four abstentions.<ref name=newrepublic/>   

Hubbard's legal counsel was the Democratic former state Attorney General Bill Baxley.<ref name=newrepublic/>  Two months after the indictment, Hubbard won reelection in a landslide on November 4, 2014. He defeated businessman Fred "Sandy" Toomer in the Republican primary,  2,947 (60.2 percent) to 1,948 (39.8 percent). In the November 4 [[general election]], he defeated the Democrat Shirley Scott-Harris, 5,136 (58.5 percent) to 3,535 (40.3 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia/> He was reelected Speaker, 99-1, with four abstentions.<ref name=newrepublic/>   

When several  Republican lawmakers proposed that party leaders step down when under felony indictment, Hubbard removed them from their committees and <ref name=newrepublic/> repeatedly refused to resign the Speakership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wkrg.com/story/26849369/speaker-hubbard-refuses-to-resign|title=Speaker Hubbard refuses to resign|publisher=WKRG.com}}</ref> District 6 state Representative [[Phil Williams (Alabama state representative|Phil Williams]] of Huntsville was removed from the House Technology Committee after he helped to kill legislation that would have given Hubbard budgetary control over prosecutors in the state attorney general's office.<ref name=corruptgop/>

When several  Republican lawmakers proposed that party leaders step down when under felony indictment, Hubbard removed them from their committees and <ref name=newrepublic/> repeatedly refused to resign the Speakership.

District 6 state Representative [[Phil Williams (Alabama state representative)|Phil Williams]] of Huntsville was removed from the House Technology Committee after he helped to kill legislation that would have given Hubbard budgetary control over prosecutors in the state attorney general's office.<ref name=corruptgop/>

At the time of Hubbard's trial, [[impeachment]] proceedings began against Governor Bentley, and the [[conservative]] Roy Moore was suspended for a second time as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court regarding his opposition to county clerks being compelled to issue same-sex marriage licenses.<ref>{{cite web |author=Campbell Robertson|title=Scandals Embroil Alabama Governor, Speaker and Chief Justice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/us/alabama-robert-bentley-michael-hubbard-roy-moore.html?_r=0 |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=May 16, 2016 |pages=A9|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref> In a special election on September 2017, Moore defeated Luther Strange in a bid for the Republican nomination to succeed [[U.S. Senator]] [[Jeff Sessions]], who had joined the [[Donald Trump|Trump]] administration as [[United States Attorney General]].

At the time of Hubbard's trial, [[impeachment]] proceedings began against Governor Bentley, and the [[conservative]] Roy Moore was suspended for a second time as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court regarding his opposition to county clerks being compelled to issue same-sex marriage licenses.<ref>{{cite web |author=Campbell Robertson|title=Scandals Embroil Alabama Governor, Speaker and Chief Justice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/us/alabama-robert-bentley-michael-hubbard-roy-moore.html?_r=0 |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=May 16, 2016 |pages=A9|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref> In a special election on September 2017, Moore defeated Luther Strange in a bid for the Republican nomination to succeed [[U.S. Senator]] [[Jeff Sessions]], who had joined the [[Donald Trump|Trump]] administration as [[United States Attorney General]].