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https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...1c18aa-7cbc-11e5-afce-2afd1d3eb896_story.html

Former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to bank fraud charges connected to $1.7 million he paid to cover up what federal officials said was sexual misconduct dating back to his years as a high school teacher and coach. Prosecutors are recommending up to 6-month prison sentence.

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Hastert (R-Ill.), 73, was charged in July with breaking federal bank laws and lying to investigators looking into the matter — ostensibly dull counts that prosecutors alleged stemmed from an intriguing plot. According to the indictment, Hastert, who was a teacher and wrestling coach in Yorkville, Ill., before he got into politics in the early 1980s, agreed to pay someone $3.5 million to hide “past misconduct” against the person.

A federal law enforcement official has said the person was a male former student of Hastert’s who alleged that Hastert molested him years ago. The indictment says Hastert paid the person about $1.7 million from 2010 to 2014.

News of Hastert’s indictment shocked those who know him, and the plea will mark the end of another chapter in his stunning fall from grace. Hastert was the longest-serving Republican speaker in U.S. House history, holding the position from 1999 to 2006. He resigned after the Republicans lost the majority and began a lucrative career as a lobbyist.

Well now. Big fall from grace there alright. 6 months...

 

[xDUMPWEEDx]

6 months? Must be nice being rich and famous.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

ah fuck, for a second I thought this was about the actor who was President Palmer in 24! :O

 

[Ushojax]

I thought that said Dennis Haysbert for a second.

 

[Htown]

I thought that said Dennis Haysbert for a second.

honestly I did the same thing

weird

 

[Effect]

I thought that said Dennis Haysbert for a second.

Same. I read that and I pictured him but knew that couldn't be right so I re-read the name a few more times.

 

[MetatronM]

So he raped kids and then paid nearly $2 million in stolen money to cover up raping kids, and only gets 6 months?

Ooooookay...

 

[Macho Madness]

So he raped kids and then paid nearly $2 million in stolen money to cover up raping kids, and only gets 6 months?

Ooooookay...

This is only for the hush money scandal. He could be charged for the molestation at another time.

 

[SummitAve]

So he raped kids and then paid nearly $2 million in stolen money to cover up raping kids, and only gets 6 months?

Ooooookay...

So he should have been charged differently for fraud because of a bunch of other potential charges that he's currently not facing? Oooooookay...

 

[NervousXtian]

The 6 mo's thing is because it's not about the incident that first took place, it's just the fraud charge. Honestly if he get's 6 months in actual prison that'd be surprising, he might not even get that.

Probably statute of limitations on whatever he did, and well.. the fact he paid them off. That part he'll never have to face in a court.

What I can't believe is that he went so long without anyone knowing this happened.

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

All they know is that he paid somebody off, I don't think anybody's talking about what he was covering up, and he can't be forced to say.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

They're gonna have to change the name of the Hastert Rule.

 

[Akuun]

6 months?

began a lucrative career as a lobbyist.

Sigh.