If you ever wondered what leftists and Islamics have in common...
perversion
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Dennis Hastert goes from speaker to felon, but his dark past still a mystery It was nearly 17 years ago that
Dennis Hastert raised his right hand in the U.S. Capitol and was sworn in as the speaker of the House.On Wednesday, a grim-faced Hastert took an oath of a different kind, swearing in a federal courtroom in Chicago to tell the truth as he pleaded guilty to a felony count of illegally structuring cash withdrawals to evade bank currency-reporting requirements.
"Guilty, sir," Hastert, 73, said in a hoarse voice as he leaned toward a microphone and acknowledged in the packed courtroom that he had made hush-money payments to cover up wrongdoing in his past.
The guilty plea marked a dramatic downfall for Hastert, one of Illinois' most powerful Republicans who rose from humble beginnings as a small-town high school teacher to the third-highest elected office in the country.
The 20-minute hearing, however, left more questions than answers. His plea agreement provided no new details on the sensational allegations underlying the charges; in fact, it used almost identical language as the indictment. Still a mystery is the identity of the person Hastert had agreed to pay $3.5 million to keep quiet as well as the nature of the wrongdoing Hastert was trying to cover up.
Though both the indictment and plea agreement only hint at the alleged wrongdoing, federal law enforcement sources have told the Tribune that Hastert was paying to cover up the sexual abuse of a student from decades ago when Hastert was a wrestling coach and teacher at Yorkville High School.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-guilty-plea-hearing-met-20151027-story.html