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John Dennis Hastert ( / ˈhæstərt /; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician, educator, convicted felon and child sex offender who represented Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. [1]
Sep 15, 2021 · Published 4:41 PM PDT, September 15, 2021. YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse reached a tentative out-of-court settlement Wednesday over Hastert’s refusal to pay the man $1.8 million — the outstanding balance in hush money that the Illinois Republican agreed to ...
Apr 28, 2016 · April 27, 2016. CHICAGO — J. Dennis Hastert, once among the nation’s most powerful politicians, was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 months in prison for illegally structuring bank transactions in ...
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Jun 22, 2016 · Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving GOP speaker in U.S. history, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for violating banking law in a hush-money case involving sexual abuse of boys. He arrived at a Minnesota prison in 2016, where he faced health issues and a population of child molesters.
Sep 15, 2021 · 1998: Hastert backs President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. 1999: Hastert is elected U.S. House speaker. 2007: Hastert steps down as speaker after becoming longest-serving Republican in the position. 2010: Hastert allegedly agrees to pay a person $3.5 million to hide past misconduct.
May 9, 2024 · Dennis Hastert (born January 2, 1942, Aurora, Illinois, U.S.) is an American Republican politician who served (1987–2007) in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007. In 2016 he pled guilty to violating banking laws and publicly admitted to having sexually abused teenaged boys several decades earlier.
Apr 28, 2016 · Updated 8:24 PM PDT, April 27, 2016. CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in a hush-money case that revealed accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school ...
