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Flashback to 2006: Dennis Hastert helped cover up a teen sex abuse scandal
Dennis Hastert Dennis Hastert looked like the clean member of Republican House leadership in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He didn't have affairs, that we knew of, like Newt Gingrich or Bob...
View ArticleDennis Hastert -- what really happened (?) and overcriminalization
As a resident of Oregon, I lived through much of the weird career of Neil Goldschmidt, mayor, cabinet secretary, governor, and child molester. Short version: For most of his political career...
View ArticleHastert paid to cover up sexual misconduct: Sources
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Dennis Hastert apparently paid hush money to someone to conceal some type of sexual misconduct on Hastert's part.
View ArticleNYT: Payments by Hastert Linked to Report of Sexual Abuse
Grey LadyJ. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, was paying a man to not say publicly that Mr. Hastert had sexually abused him decades ago, according to two people...
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Barney Frank calls out Dennis Hastert & GOP hypocrisy with a perfect statement
Barney Frank called out Dennis Hastert and the GOP for their hypocrisy on moral values and gay issues in a manner only he could. He was referring to the indictment of former Republican Speaker of the...
View ArticleSaturday Night Losers Club, Vol. CDLXXIX: Indicted Loser of The Week Poll...
Very short, as 3CM doesn’t have time to write at length about anything else of remote interest to him. But since this seems to be the week for high-profile indictments, to quote Emperor Joseph II from...
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View ArticleAnonymous source: Hastert prosecutors know of multiple victims
TPMAn anonymous source familiar with the case of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) said federal prosecutors knew of "prior misdeeds" Hastert committed against potentially several alleged...
View ArticleHow Dennis Hastert parlayed his Position into Millions
Who knew he'd need that Inside-the-Beltway boost in Salary in order to pay out hush money in the millions over the years ...How ‘Public Servant’ Hastert Got His Richesby Ana Marie Cox,...
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Reports: There's a second alleged Dennis Hastert abuse victim
Dennis Hastert The scandal surrounding former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's indictment for attempting to conceal bank withdrawals to pay off an extortionist has reached the stage where, in the absence...
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Judge in Dennis Hastert case contributed to Hastert for Congress
Dennis Hastert Things that make you go "hmm": a federal judge presiding over a criminal case against a former politician to whom he donated a bunch of money.U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Durkin gave...
View ArticleDennis Hastert as the Tip of the Iceberg
How much do you know about pedophiles? Maybe not a lot, because it's a repulsive subject, arguably the worst of all crimes. Nobody likes to think about it.But there's one sick, sordid fact that comes...
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Hastert Indicted, Fuller Resigns - 'BradCast' Special Coverage 6/1/2015
Or, what BRAD BLOG readers knew long ago...Those shocked about the indictment of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) wouldn't be so surprised had they been long time readers of The BRAD...
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Mitch McConnell's 'Freedom' Failure; Judge Mark Fuller's 'Shame': 'BradCast'...
Guest: Heidi Hess of CredoAction...The USA Freedom Act passes as a long overdue replacement to the Patriot Act. Mitch McConnell weeps and Rand Paul raises money. That's good. But is it a good bill and...
View ArticleRuth Marcus is the Latest "Liberal" Columnist to Defend Dennis Hastert
Looking at my archives, I realize that I’ve written about Ruth Marcus more often than I thought. It has never been flattering.Typically, I say things like “If Ruth Marcus suddenly sounds like Jane...
View ArticleThe Hastert Rule . . . Washington Sex Scandals . . . and Hard Ball Politics
Washington is a baseball town. So let's talk baseball. Denny Hastert, the former Republican Speaker, has made himself the “curve-ball” in the Republican play book. He has served the Dems up a...
View ArticleHastert Victims Family Comes Forward
Good Morning America via Yahoo has the story told by an alleged victims sister. It is a tragic story that ends in the death of the victim and a sick Hastert who took it upon himself to show up at the...
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Woman says her brother was a victim of ex-Speaker Dennis Hastert
From ABC News:In Steve Reinboldt’s 1970 high school yearbook, wrestling coach Dennis Hastert wrote that Steve was his “great, right hand man” as the student equipment manager of the Yorkville,...
View ArticleHow does Hastert have $3.5mil to dole out in hush money?
I've seen this mentioned briefly in comments a while back, don't remember by whom, but the point seems to have disappeared in the current Hastert discussions: how did a small-town high-school wrestling...
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Dennis Hastert pleads not guilty to charges of structuring, lying to FBI
Hastert arrives for his appearance in a Chicago federal court Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert makes his appearance in court.After days of silence, J. Dennis Hastert, a former speaker of the House...
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