Tag: Dennis Hastert

In court Wednesday in Chicago, Hastert said he had "mistreated athletes" and students. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

‘Serial child molester’ Hastert gets 15 months in jail

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2016 4:35 pm

Scott Cross said he came forward after learning that Dennis Hastert has been paying "individual A" to keep quiet, saying that he could no longer keep the secret. (AP Photo)

Brother of former Illinois state rep. identifies himself as a Hastert victim

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2016 4:09 pm

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, 74, was investigated last year after he was caught illegally structuring bank withdrawals to pay off the victims. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Hastert sued by victim for failing to pay ‘hush money’

Anna Giaritelli · April 25, 2016 8:37 pm

Hastert, 74, was investigated last year after he was caught illegally structuring bank withdrawals to pay off the victims. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Prosecutors accuse former Speaker of molesting 4 boys while wrestling coach

Anna Giaritelli · April 9, 2016 4:04 am

Dennis Hastert, who served as speaker from 1999 until 2007, is facing a six-month jail term. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Hastert sentencing postponed for ‘a very unique witness’

Susan Ferrechio · March 24, 2016 7:24 pm

Former House Speaker John Boehner stands with his successor Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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No longer speaker, but two Boehner aides being paid over $10,000 a month

Paul Bedard · March 4, 2016 10:32 pm

The 15 biggest scandals of 2015

Sarah Bedford · December 29, 2015 5:01 am

"Mr. Hastert has suffered a stroke and has been treated for Sepsis. While in the hospital, two back surgeries were performed," said Hastert's attorney. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

Ex-Speaker Hastert recovering from stroke

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 17, 2015 7:50 pm

The order to remove the portraitÂ comes less than a week after Hastert, R-Ill., pleaded guilty to breaking banking laws by structuring withdrawals to avert scrutiny, a felony that could earn him a five-year prison sentence.Â (AP file photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ryan orders removal of Hastert portrait

Susan Ferrechio · November 3, 2015 3:25 pm

Hastert pleads guilty in hush money scandal

Kelly Cohen · October 28, 2015 3:32 pm

Instead of party boss, speaker should be a parliamentarian

Timothy P. Carney · October 22, 2015 10:52 pm

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, right, departs the federal courthouse with his attorney in Chicago. An attorney for Hastert told a federal judge that the former House speaker intends to plead guilty in a federal hush-money case during a hearing Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Sex scandal hush money: Pol cops plea

Sean Higgins · October 15, 2015 2:59 pm