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Dennis Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months Jail Time in Sex Abuse Hush Money Trial

Sean Mandell April 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

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Dennis Hastert has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for his role in a hush money scheme to cover up past sexual abuse of children when he was a high school wrestling coach.

In a scathing rebuke of Hastert, Judge Thomas M. Durkin called Hastert a “serial child molester.” He also admonished Hastert for trying to shift the focus onto one of his victims. Durkin said, “accusing Individual A of extorting you was unconscionable.”

As part of his sentence, Hastert “must undergo sex offender treatment, two years of supervised release after his time behind bars and a $250,000 fine to go to a crime victims fund.”

The AP reports: 

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has become one of the highest-ranking politicians in American history to be sentenced to prison.

Hastert pleaded guilty last fall to violating banking law as he sought to pay someone referred to as Individual A $3.5 million to keep sex abuse secret. He was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison, sex offender treatment, two years of supervised release after his time behind bars and a $250,000 fine that will go to a crime victims fund.

When U.S. Judge Thomas M. Durkin read the sentence, Hastert sat unmoving in his wheelchair, hands folded on his lap, shoulders hunched and his face drawn.

More reporting via Aamer Madhani on Twitter, below.

https://twitter.com/AamerISmad/status/725367579754283008

https://twitter.com/AamerISmad/status/725366946456293376

https://twitter.com/AamerISmad/status/725363210258386944

https://twitter.com/AamerISmad/status/725361484562321410

https://twitter.com/AamerISmad/status/725359857520533504

https://twitter.com/AamerISmad/status/725356677034332160

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