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You are here: Home / Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert Reaches Plea Deal in Sexual Abuse Cover Up Scandal

Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert Reaches Plea Deal in Sexual Abuse Cover Up Scandal

October 15, 2015 by Sean Mandell Leave a Comment

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Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert will reportedly plead guilty to charges he paid $3.5 million in hush money to a former male student he allegedly sexually abused during his tenure as a high school teacher and wrestling coach.

Reports that a plea deal was in the works emerged in late September. Hastert initially pled not guilty to the charges against him.

The Chicago Tribune reports: 

The plea negotiations were revealed in a hearing late last month when John Gallo, one of Hastert’s attorneys, said the defense had been discussing with federal prosecutors a possible resolution to the case short of a trial — a signal to a possible guilty plea. At the time, Gallo called the talks “productive.”

The indictment unsealed in late May alleges that Hastert agreed to make $3.5 million in hush-money payments to an undisclosed person identified by prosecutors as Individual A to cover up wrongdoing from Hastert’s time as a high school teacher and wrestling coach in Yorkville. According to the charges, Hastert lied about the reasons he withdrew $952,000 in cash over the previous 21/2 years when the FBI questioned him in December.

Law enforcement sources confirmed that the payments were connected to the alleged sexual abuse. The Tribune also reports that the FBI “interviewed a second person who raised similar allegations against Hastert.”

U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin set October 28 as the deadline for Hastert to enter his guilty plea.

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