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Dennis Hastert accused of sexual abuse by at least 4, sources say
Chicago Tribune ^ | 04/07/2016 | Christy Gutowski and Jeff Coen

Posted on 04/07/2016 9:03:38 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

For months, federal authorities have hinted at the motive behind the hush-money payments former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has admitted to making: the sexual abuse of a teenage boy when Hastert was still a suburban high school teacher and wrestling coach.

But now, a Tribune investigation has uncovered new details of the case — at least four people have made what law enforcement sources say are credible allegations of sexual abuse against Hastert.

The Tribune has determined the identities of three of them, all men, whose allegations stretch over a decade when they were teenagers and Hastert was their coach. One is dead. The Tribune has approached the other two — described in federal court records as Individuals A and D — and confirmed their roles in the case

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: pedophile; sexualabbuse
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To: Kid Shelleen

These ancient charges against anyone drive me nuts. They spring up out of nowhere and someone decides to see how much garbage they can dig up. It is virtually impossible to defend against them and their authenticity is often under question.


41 posted on 04/07/2016 10:13:14 AM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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To: PAR35

Exactly...Hastert, foley..who else will we learn is/was a diddler? 2006 - The beginning of the end...


42 posted on 04/07/2016 10:16:06 AM PDT by Homer1
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To: Kid Shelleen

So the GOP speaker was a homo, and no one else in the party knew? BS


43 posted on 04/07/2016 10:40:59 AM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: mvonfr

“Is there anyone in Washington we know of who is definitely not a sexual pervert ?”

Exactly, it is probably why Obama is getting everything he wants at our expense. Remember Hillary and the lost FBI records.


44 posted on 04/07/2016 10:41:44 AM PDT by depenzz ("Incoming fire has the right-a-way" (Marine adage))
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To: fwdude

“I’m just pointing out that moral turpitude is an occasion for promotion among Democrats.”

Yes, I agree completely.


45 posted on 04/07/2016 11:04:36 AM PDT by riverdawg
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To: ifinnegan

Post 26 by stockpirate has the essence of the difference between the two cases:

“Barney Frank was involved with [g]rown men, ...”


46 posted on 04/07/2016 11:09:29 AM PDT by riverdawg
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To: riverdawg

You think the male prostitutes used by Frank’s ring were not youths who were abused?


47 posted on 04/07/2016 11:11:58 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Do you have evidence or know of testimony that Frank sexually abused young males?


48 posted on 04/07/2016 11:15:05 AM PDT by riverdawg
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To: riverdawg

“Do you have evidence or know of testimony that Frank sexually abused young males?”

I didn’t say that.

I’d guess Frank has had those relations, most all do (see Harvey Milk).

But my point was male prostitutes are commonly underage.


49 posted on 04/07/2016 11:42:20 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Kid Shelleen
Its not for nothing that J. Edgar Hoover was FBI director all those years.

Few remember that Bobby Kennedy fired him as did LBJ but he served until he died.

50 posted on 04/07/2016 11:44:54 AM PDT by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't finish a sentence, but he will finish a term.)
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To: Soul of the South
Consider Hastert is not being charged by the Obama Department of Justice with molesting young boys. Instead he is being charged with structuring withdrawals from his own bank accounts in a way to avoid the withdrawals being reported by the bank to the US government. The crime he is being charged with (withdrawing his own money from his own bank accounts) should not be a crime at all in a free country.

Hastert was a big drug war supporter. If he didn't like unconstitutional laws such as this, he should have spoken up when he was Speaker of the House. Let him feel the full force of the policies he suported.

51 posted on 04/07/2016 3:27:40 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Soul of the South
Hastert withdrew the money to pay an extortionist.

People don't pay blackmail money for something that they didn't do. The accusations against him are mostly past the statute of limitations date, but as far as I'm concerned the fact that he was moving money around to pay a blackmailer is an admission of guilt.

You're right that there's a double standard and that the liberals wouldn't be attacking Hastert for this if he were a Democrat. But that's really no different from all of the GOP establishment types who rush to Hastert's defense just because he's one of theirs.

52 posted on 04/07/2016 3:47:11 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: dfwgator
Bought for his weakness and use as the House Speaker to steer work and litigating for lobbyist/donators.
53 posted on 04/07/2016 5:51:07 PM PDT by keving (We get the government we vote forever)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The RNC

Skeevy degenerate bastards with greedy, pulled back wives.

I was in the same hotel with them for 4 days.

Opened my eyes a lot.


54 posted on 04/07/2016 5:53:32 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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