Posted on 05/29/2015 7:06:44 PM PDT by bimboeruption
dicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was paying a former student from Yorkville, Ill., to conceal his alleged sexual abuse of the youth that took place while Hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach at a high school there, federal law enforcement officials said Friday.
A top official, who would not be identified speaking about the federal charges in Chicago, said investigators also spoke with a second person who raised similar allegations that corroborated what the student said.
The second person was not being paid by Hastert, the official said.
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert indicted Federal prosecutors have announced bank-related charges against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. The disclosures followed Thursday’s federal indictment against Hastert on suspicion of lying to the FBI about the reasons he made large cash withdrawals, which were allegedly used to buy the man’s silence.
A top federal law enforcement official, who would not be identified speaking about the federal charges, said “Individual A” -- as the unnamed acquittance is described in the indictment -- was a male whom Hastert knew prior to his tenure in Congress.
“It goes back a long way, back to then,” the official said. “It has nothing to do with public corruption or a corruption scandal. Or to his time in office.” Thursday’s indictment described the misconduct “against Individual A” as having “occurred years earlier,” noting that Hastert had known the person “most of Individual A’s life.”
When asked about the nature of Hastert’s alleged misconduct, the law enforcement official said, “It was sex.’’
Hastert has not responded to requests for comment. A representative of the lobbying firm where he had worked, Dickstein Shapiro, declined to comment.
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What a disgusting degenerate.
Boner and the Ditch Turtle need to be investigated. C8ngress is a degenerate swamp.
WHAT WERE REPUBLICANS THINKING when they thought that they could get a clean politician from Illinois.
They’ll be coming out of the woodwork now, probably in 20:1 nut/actual victim ratio. There’s hardly any point in it because of the statue of limitations. Those statements are not meant to make light of or minimize the damage here.
Its a lesser evil...
The GOPee need to stand down.
Where is the Jebster?
Like potato chips, you can’t have just one.
Parson me while I go puke now.
“It has nothing to do with public corruption or a corruption scandal. Or to his time in office.”
If not corruption, where did he get the 3.5 million to pay the extortionist with?
Just as Jerry Sandusky...
Typo...should read: Just ask Jerry Sandusky.
I dunno...I think God looks at adults taking sexual advantage (or any kind of advantage for that matter) of kids as a REALLY BIG EVIL.
When have the dinosaur media put this much interest in one of their own? Slick Willie and Juanita Broderick, Ted Kennedy and all his dalliances, Senator Melendez, etc. Hey, the guy may be immoral, but it is obvious that the leftist RAT immorality is forgiven, the opposition, never.
Hillary said, “ It’s only about sex.” It worked for the dems, but will never sell to conservatives. (nor should it)
Major follow up question.
Where’d the $3 million come from ?
You’re right. Story can’t be true. We all know Sodomites never force themselves on anyone. Sooooooo. He liked “wrestling”.
Only when the Homo is a Democrat
I agree. I was being sarcastic as FR has a large contingent of GOpe that swear to vote GOP ‘no matter what’. So since one of their posterboys molesting kids falls under their ‘no matter what’. I imagine they will rush to defend him on that basis alone.
they can’t have it both ways.
Why so many years later? I doubt their are a ton more victims. One is bad enough. That does not excuse the guy for blackmailing Hastert all these years later. I question whether he kept his end of the bargain anyway since this is now in the news.
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