Hastert and Tony Podesta are long-time friends.
IMHO an examination of the rest of their mutual friends might unweave a lot of knots in DC. But of course nobody wants to do that.
My bet is that a great number of Congress are secretly involved in things they don’t want known. That’s why the deep state has a hold on them.
There has to be some investigation of Seth Rich’s murder—by private means, if necessary.