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Former House Speaker Hastert Indicted In Probe Into $3.5M In Withdrawals
NPR ^

Posted on 05/28/2015 4:40:52 PM PDT by navysealdad

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Chicago. The Illinois Republican, 73, is charged with trying to evade cash withdrawal requirements, and with lying to the FBI about it.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 201207; bank; blackmail; blackmailed; chicago; combine; dennishastert; extortion; hastert; hastertindicted; illinois; indicted; structuring; thecombine
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1 posted on 05/28/2015 4:40:52 PM PDT by navysealdad
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To: navysealdad

Former speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.
How is the current speaker Boehner feeling now?
How many bribes has he taken?


2 posted on 05/28/2015 4:42:09 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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"beginning in approximately July 2012 he started structuring those withdrawals in increments of less than $10,000 to evade currency transaction requirements that withdrawals of $10,000 or more be reported."

I fail to understand why the government has any compelling interest to monitor how people choose to store and retrieve their own money.

3 posted on 05/28/2015 4:46:15 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Cruz or lose!)
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To: navysealdad

This is all about the law the government created that controls how much of your own money you can take out of the bank at any one time. The only “crime” here is that you want your money in cash and don’t want to leave it in the bank where the government can confiscate it.


4 posted on 05/28/2015 4:47:34 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

It’s the governments money silly, they just let us use it, they can take it back whenever they so desire.


5 posted on 05/28/2015 4:48:15 PM PDT by stockpirate (A corrupt government is the real enemy of the people.)
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To: navysealdad

This does lend credence to our suspicions that DC pols are being bribed.


6 posted on 05/28/2015 4:48:42 PM PDT by grania
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To: navysealdad

That would have to be over 350 withdrawals in 3 years.


7 posted on 05/28/2015 4:49:29 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
I fail to understand why the government has any compelling interest to monitor how people choose to store and retrieve their own money.

Cash will be illegal very soon.

And your IRA/401K is something they will consider "theirs" as well.

Mark my words.

8 posted on 05/28/2015 4:49:34 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: navysealdad

Hastert, Michel, Boehner.

‘Birds’ of a feather.

Worthless.


9 posted on 05/28/2015 4:49:42 PM PDT by HomerBohn (When did it change from "We the people" to "screw the people" ?)
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To: navysealdad
Sharpton owes the IRS over $3.5 Million back taxes.

Holder and Obama have turned the "Justice" Dept into the Gestapo.

10 posted on 05/28/2015 4:51:08 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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Hastert was being extorted, he was paying off the extortion, and gets indicted for lying to the FBI about it??

HELLO!!
McFLY!!!
How many Democrats should be IN PRISON for this very same thing, trading influence via extortion?


11 posted on 05/28/2015 4:51:12 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: navysealdad

Indicted by a Chicago grand jury, I wonder how many black democrats were on that grand jury?

I know the answer, 12


12 posted on 05/28/2015 4:51:30 PM PDT by stockpirate (A corrupt government is the real enemy of the people.)
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Chump change compared to the Clintons.


13 posted on 05/28/2015 4:51:42 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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For every dollar Hastert allegedly or actually "structured", I contend Hillary and Co. "structured" a hundred.

Who's investigating?

14 posted on 05/28/2015 4:52:00 PM PDT by 9thLife (The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately.)
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Why keep your money in a bank that tattle tails on what you do? They don't give you anything for it anyways.
15 posted on 05/28/2015 4:55:04 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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All the crooks should pay the price, regardless of their political affiliation. They all appear to be stealing from us. I’m tired of it.


16 posted on 05/28/2015 4:55:21 PM PDT by deweyfrank
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To: navysealdad

Blackmailed for what?

Can’t be a dead girl — outraged fatehers seek revenge, not blackmail.

...so the alternative is what? A live boy??


17 posted on 05/28/2015 4:57:46 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: SkyPilot

Yup. Cash will be gone. But don’t worry. With that mark on your hand or forehead, you’ll be able to buy what you need. /Bible /negativity not directed at you


18 posted on 05/28/2015 4:58:28 PM PDT by piytar (Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
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To: navysealdad
What is Hastert's political party affiliation? One would never know from reading the NPR article.
19 posted on 05/28/2015 4:58:49 PM PDT by semaj (.People get ready, Jesus is coming!)
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To: navysealdad

I think the cash rules are unfair, but not that big of a deal to obey for the customer. They are a royal pain for banks.

If he did something else illegal that is another matter. And ok he should not structure his cash transactions to avoid reporting. That is pretty stupid. Still it is a dumb rule.


20 posted on 05/28/2015 4:59:20 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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