CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was released from prison in Minnesota and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison in April 2016 in a banking violations case that revealed accusations he had sexually abused teenagers while coaching…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois officials are poised to consider the status of the pension Dennis Hastert receives for the time he served in the state’s General Assembly. The Illinois General Assembly Retirement System’s board of trustees is scheduled to consider the former U.S. House Speaker’s $28,000 annual pension on Wednesday morning during a meeting…
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has arrived at a Minnesota prison to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving revelations that he sexually abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school. The 74-year-old Illinois Republican arrived around noon Wednesday at the federal…
Officials say they can’t revoke his pension because his conviction wasn’t related to his Statehouse career
(KTRS) – One Illinois State Senator is calling on lawmakers to stop paying Dennis Hastert his taxpayer-funded pension. Hastert currently gets $28,000-a-year from his pension for his years of service as a state legislator. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush-money case that revealed accusations that he sexually abused teenagers.
CHICAGO (AP) – The sex abuse victim who testified against Dennis Hastert at the former U.S. House speaker’s sentencing hearing says he finally decided to do so publicly after Hastert reached out to his brother for a letter of support. Scott Cross is a 53-year-old businessman who lives in the Chicago suburbs and was on…
CHICAGO (AP) – An advocacy group supporting victims of sex abuse says they hope the 15-month prison sentence for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert in his hush money case will help deter future crimes and encourage victims and witnesses to speak out. Hastert was sentenced in federal court Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating…
CHICAGO (AP) – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is stepping before a judge to learn his punishment in a hush-money case centered on sex-abuse allegations. At Wednesday’s hearing in Chicago, federal prosecutors intend to focus on accusations that Hastert molested at least four students when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school. The…
Chicago, IL (KTRS) – The judge in Dennis Hastert’s hush-money case says that if the former House speaker wants letters of support considered during his sentencing, they must be made public. U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin said in a Thursday filing that the court won’t consider 60 letters “unless they are publicly filed.” The…
Chicago, IL (KTRS) An alleged sexual abuse victim could testify at Dennis Hastert’s sentencing next month in a hush-money case. That’s according to a federal court transcript. It’s the first time the court has referenced sex abuse in the case involving the former Illinois congressman and House speaker. The Associated Press and other media outlets,…