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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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Apr 11, 2024 · Dennis Hastert, 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 bank laws and publicly admitted to having sexually abused teenaged boys several decades earlier.
Sep 16, 2021 · Former US House Speaker and Wheaton College alumnus Dennis Hastert has settled a lawsuit over allegedly unpaid hush money.. Hastert, once the highest-ranking evangelical in the Republican Party ...
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.
Jun 22, 2016 · The former Illinois Republican, who was the nation's longest-serving speaker, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for hush-money payments to a victim of his sexual abuse. He pleaded guilty in April and will be treated at a Minnesota prison for his health issues. He will also face sex-offender treatment and a lie-detector test.
