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Dennis Hastert Allegedly Engaged in Sexual Misconduct During Time as Teacher, Sources Say

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct during his time as a high school wrestling coach and history teacher, ABC News has learned from sources with knowledge of the case.

Associates and former colleagues of Hastert expressed surprise and dismay today over allegations that he disbursed $1.7 million in hush money payments to conceal alleged misconduct from a period before he entered politics.

The school district that employed Hastert from 1965 to 1981 as a high school history teacher and wrestling coach noted it "was first made aware of any concerns regarding Mr. Hastert when the federal indictment was released" Thursday.

Yikes.
http://news.yahoo.com/dennis-hastert-allegedly-engaged-sexual-misconduct-during-time-202654802.html

 

[Yamauchi]

I honestly can't help from chuckling over the whole charade of the late 90s. Newt Gingrich and his 'open marriage' and Dennis Hastert with his high school lover boy (which I believe is rape in most states) leading the charge against the immoral Bill Clinton.

 

[Link]

I honestly can't help from chuckling over the whole charade of the late 90s. Newt Gingrich and his 'open marriage' and Dennis Hastert with his high school lover boy (which I believe is rape in most states) leading the charge against the immoral Bill Clinton.

"Do as I say, not as I do." is pretty much the motto of the Republican Party.

 

[johnsmith]

Any charges for the guy he was paying? Isn't extortion a crime?

 

[Lucky Forward]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEDIpycMCko#t=0m23s

Creepy C-SPAN Caller To Hastert: Do You 'Remember Me From Yorkville?'

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) got a strange call from an Illinois resident last year in a C-SPAN segment that surfaced in light of allegations that he agreed to pay $3.5 million in hush money to an individual from the town of Yorkville.

Hastert appeared in November on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," where he fielded a call from an Illinois resident identifying as "Bruce."

"Hello Denny," the caller said.

"Hey, how are you doing?" Hastert responded.

"Pretty good. Remember me from Yorkville?" the caller answered. The caller paused, then laughed and apparently hung up.

"I think he's gone. Let's go to Ohio," host Pedro Echevarria said, moving on with the segment.

 

[StopMakingSense]

I'm sure a bunch of high-profile Republicans will stand behind him and let us know that God has forgiven him.

No, no one is touching him with a 10 foot poll.

 

[Shake Appeal]

That call is chilling.

 

[Link]

No, no one is touching him with a 10 foot poll.

I'd have said the same about Josh Duggar, but here we are.

 

[Walter White Walker]

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/2nd-man-comes-forward-with-accusation-against-hastert/

"A top federal law-enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said investigators also spoke with a second man who raised similar accusations that corroborated what the former student said."